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Weslaco reviews $1.1M street overlay budget while overlay list totals $3.3M
Summary
Commissioners heard public-works staff describe an in-house paving program and a list of overlay needs totaling about $3.3 million; the city has $1.1 million budgeted next year and asked staff to return with a 12-month spending plan and priorities.
City staff reviewed a proposed street overlay program and a citywide list of needed overlays at a Sept. 2 Weslaco workshop, telling the commission the list totals roughly $3.3 million while available funding for the coming fiscal year is about $1.1 million.
Public works staff member David described Weslaco's in-house paving effort, which began around 2014'15 to stretch dollars by letting city crews handle many overlays. David said staff used visual inspections cross-checked with complaint-driven work orders (tracked back to 2021) and recommended considering a data-driven Pavement Management Index in future cycles.
Staff outlined the planned budget split…
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