Several roads in Frontenac are starting to show their age, but it could be more than year before they get the major attention that they need.
City Administrator Dan Brunetti said this week that there are several areas in Frontenac where roads are in need of significant maintenance and repair work, but with no major projects scheduled for 2010, it will probably be 2011 before that work begins.
“A lot of these roads have 1950, ‘60 and ‘70 designs,” Brunetti said, “and they just don’t hold up well in 2009.”
Brunetti said the ever-increasing size of today’s vehicles are partly to blame for the road deterioration.
“The delivery trucks, trash trucks and even the vehicles we drive are much larger than they were 30 years ago,” he said. “We have some areas in town where roads are starting to break down.”
The city has traditionally conducted annual overlay projects, which often cost around $100,000. When developing the 2010 budget, however, the Frontenac City Council advised that the city not take on any major projects until 2011. In August, city council passed the 2010 budget, which calls for overall expenditures totaling $3.5 million, with a slight mill rate increase of 0.015 mills. Brunetti described the budget as “the status quo.”
“Council wanted us to sit back and not take on any major project until we see what the economy does,” Brunetti said. “So we have none scheduled for 2010, but that does put us off to 2011 when we’ll probably have to do something.”
The city will continue to perform “general maintenance” on roads and streets, much of which can be done locally, Brunetti said.
“General stuff like patching we can do ourselves,” Brunetti said.
The only road that will receive a bit more than general maintenance work is Caroline Drive, Brunetti said. That work is expected to begin soon.
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Several roads in Frontenac are starting to show their age, but it could be more than year before they get the major attention that they need.
City Administrator Dan Brunetti said this week that there are several areas in Frontenac where roads are in need of significant maintenance and repair work, but with no major projects scheduled for 2010, it will probably be 2011 before that work begins.
“A lot of these roads have 1950, ‘60 and ‘70 designs,” Brunetti said, “and they just don’t hold up well in 2009.”
Brunetti said the ever-increasing size of today’s vehicles are partly to blame for the road deterioration.
“The delivery trucks, trash trucks and even the vehicles we drive are much larger than they were 30 years ago,” he said. “We have some areas in town where roads are starting to break down.”
The city has traditionally conducted annual overlay projects, which often cost around $100,000. When developing the 2010 budget, however, the Frontenac City Council advised that the city not take on any major projects until 2011. In August, city council passed the 2010 budget, which calls for overall expenditures totaling $3.5 million, with a slight mill rate increase of 0.015 mills. Brunetti described the budget as “the status quo.”
“Council wanted us to sit back and not take on any major project until we see what the economy does,” Brunetti said. “So we have none scheduled for 2010, but that does put us off to 2011 when we’ll probably have to do something.”
The city will continue to perform “general maintenance” on roads and streets, much of which can be done locally, Brunetti said.
“General stuff like patching we can do ourselves,” Brunetti said.
The only road that will receive a bit more than general maintenance work is Caroline Drive, Brunetti said. That work is expected to begin soon.
