Nutter Fort tables proposed repaving requirement for utility street excavations
Council discussed Ordinance 2025-03 to require utility companies disturbing more than 20% of a street to repave up to the next block; after comparisons to Bridgeport’s standard and questions about timing, council asked for a redraft and tabled the ordinance pending revision.
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On first reading the council considered Ordinance 2025-03, which would amend Article 911 to require utility companies that disturb more than 20% of a street to repave up to the next block. Resident Rezin Hudkins said Bridgeport requires restoration to previous condition rather than a fixed percentage, and the council directed staff to redraft language similar to Bridgeport’s approach.
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