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Citrus County to invest about $18 million to preserve and repave more than 130 miles of roads
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Citrus County Technical Services says the county will spend roughly $18,000,000 this fiscal year to preserve, rehabilitate and reconstruct more than 130 miles of county-maintained roads, using earlier preservation treatments to extend pavement life and reduce future costs.
Charles Lezotte, a Citrus County Technical Services official, said the county will improve more than 130 miles of county-maintained roads this fiscal year and is directing roughly $18,000,000 toward preservation, rehabilitation and reconstruction. “This year alone, Citrus County is investing approximately $18,000,000 into our existing roadway network through preservation, rehabilitation, and reconstruction,” Lezotte said.
Lezotte described a strategic shift toward intervening earlier on roads that show signs of rapid decline so preservation treatments can extend service life and avoid costlier rehabilitations later. He said the work represents about 7% of Citrus County’s roadway network and urged residents to review the county’s work plan and project maps at citruscounty.gov/roads and the pavement management transparency portal at citruscounty.gov/roadportal. Lezotte added that over a 40-year period, properly timed preservation can extend a road’s service life while costing “nearly 0.5 as much” as waiting for repeated major rehabilitations.
