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City details road-rehab methods, Lake Link expansion, airport budget improvements and fire station planning
Summary
City staff described the 2025 road-rehabilitation approach (8 in aggregate base beneath 4 in asphalt), listed streets paved in 2025, highlighted Lake Link expansion citywide, reported the airport budget rebalanced from an $850,000 deficit, and said the city acquired adjacent land to plan a replacement Fire Station Three.
City staff and the mayor used the State of the City address to describe recent and planned investments in roads, transit, airport finances and public-safety facilities.
Steven Andrjack outlined the five criteria the city uses to prioritize road rehabilitation: pavement condition index (PCI), recent utility work, vehicular and bicycle traffic, neighborhood clustering for contractor efficiency, and equity of neighborhood selection. He said the 2025 road-rehab approach reconstructs the structural section by adding 8 inches of aggregate base under 4 inches of asphalt and listed streets paved in 2025: Herbert Avenue, Ward Road, Red Lake Road, Aloha Road, Hobart Road, Woodland Road and Walkup Road. Construction began in July 2025 and completed in September 2025.
Mayor Cody Bass said the city’s road investment rose from about $457,000 in 2018 to $4.8 million in 2025, plus $500,000 for local crews to perform patching. He framed continued annual investment as necessary to restore the city’s road network over a multi-year horizon.
On transit, Bass said the Lake Link system will expand through the entire city in the coming weeks to connect neighborhoods to the fixed-route stops on Highway 50 and help reduce vehicle miles traveled if riders adopt the service. On airport finances, Bass credited rate-study work and better use of FAA grants with eliminating an approximate $850,000 general-fund subsidy for the Lake Tahoe Airport; he also mentioned the city is watching potential future electric aircraft connections to Reno and Sacramento.
On public safety, Bass said the city acquired an adjacent parcel next to Fire Station Three and will begin planning and design for a single-story replacement with drive-through apparatus bays and upgraded firefighter living quarters.
