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Mayor outlines road needs, explains infrastructure millage revenue and project costs
Summary
Mayor Bridget Dean described the city’s Paser road-rating process, estimated costs for mill-and-fill and full replacements, and said the infrastructure millage has generated $9.2 million since 2019–20 with about $1.6 million expected in each remaining year.
Mayor Bridget Dean used her report to explain how the city assesses and prioritizes road work, describing the Paser pavement-rating system and the multiple factors — utility work, curbs, grant opportunities and funding — that influence when a street gets rebuilt.
Dean said a mill-and-fill rehabilitation costs about $1.5 million per mile, while a combined full replacement with water-main work runs roughly $3.2 million to $3.5 million per half-mile; she cited the Bacon project as an example of a larger, multicomponent project. She said the infrastructure millage has produced about $9.2 million since fiscal 2019–20 and is projected to produce about $1.6 million in each of the remaining two years of the levy, and she urged residents to consult the draft capital-improvement plan online for project schedules.
The mayor framed road prioritization as a balance of technical criteria and limited funds: Paser scores, anticipated utility work, and the potential to leverage outside funding all factor into scheduling. She invited residents to contact her office with questions and listed upcoming local events and board vacancies before the council adjourned.
