Street superintendent unveils draft one- and six-year plan; council to hold public hearing in September

Street Superintendent Steve Parr presented the City of Broken Bow's draft one- and six-year street plan at the Aug. 12 council meeting, identifying priority projects the city may pursue pending budget availability. Parr told the council the one-year priorities include work on Mud Creek low-water crossings, drainage channel improvements around C Street, and four projects on Memorial Drive ranging from concrete panel repair to full reconstruction.

The draft also lists longer-term projects focused on downtown street, sidewalk and parking improvements and replacement of existing concrete streets that need rebuilding. Parr said the street plan is one of the requirements for obtaining Highway Allocation Funding from the State of Nebraska and cautioned that items in the one-year plan "may or may not occur due to budget constraints." He asked councilmembers to submit any requested changes within the next few weeks.

The council directed staff to schedule a public hearing in September to consider formal adoption of the plan. The hearing will allow the public to comment before the council finalizes priorities tied to the Highway Allocation Funding application. No specific funding commitments were adopted at the meeting; details on project sequencing and exact cost estimates were not specified in the record.

The council meeting packet and the draft plan will be the basis for the public hearing; the council did not set a final adoption date at the Aug. 12 session.