Granbury council adopts $50 million, 10-year streets capital improvement plan

Granbury City Council unanimously adopted a 10-year capital improvement plan for city streets on April 21, 2026, directing the city manager to present an implementation plan for phase one at a future meeting.

Chris Sharp, the city’s director of public works, introduced the plan developed with TNP and city staff. Consultants Ryan Jones and Jess Hilscher said the plan ranks 45 projects across three phases using four scoring criteria — pavement condition, roadway function, recent utility work and city priority — and produces cost estimates and phasing guidance.

“We were asked to put together a plan to identify all the needs around town in terms of roadway improvements, maintenance, and reconstructions,” Ryan Jones said during the presentation. Jones and Hilscher described representative streets in poor condition and said the CIP totals roughly $50 million over 10 years, with phase one estimated at about $19 million (45 projects across the three phases).

Council members asked about unit costs, inflation assumptions and whether the plan accounts for the city’s long-term growth and utility CIP. Consultants said unit-cost differences reflect varying roadway widths and that all phase estimates include a five-year inflation adjustment; the plan considered the city’s MTP and utility CIP to avoid re-digging recently improved streets.

A council motion to adopt the 10-year street CIP and direct the city manager to report back on a phase-one implementation plan carried on a voice vote with five ayes and zero nays; one council member was absent. Staff said the city will return with funding options (staff signaled issuing certificates of obligation as a likely funding source).