CHICO — The city announced a heap of roadway and sewer improvements through 2026 with more than $150 million estimated to be spent on capital projects
Chico’s first year of its 1% sales tax, enacted by voters in 2023 with Measure H, reeled in $37,025,117 towards an “unprecedented” $70,664,845 for streets, roads and sewer infrastructure in its 2024-2025 budget, according to a press release from the city Monday.
Unspent funds from 2023-2024 rolling over to 2024-2025 will bring a total investment for the yearly budget to $151,664,845 — about five times more than budgets finalized in 2021, 2022, and 2023, according to figures from the press release.
The additional investment from the city sales tax helped fund more projects listed in a 10-year location plan that would not have been funded otherwise, according to an email by Brendan Ottoboni, director of Public Works Engineering.
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“The more funding that we have, the more square footage and mileage of lane miles we can fix,” Ottoboni said.
Ottoboni said larger rehabilitation projects are engineered in advance and funding from sources like Measure H get the ball rolling for contracts to go out to bids. These projects incorporate proper grades and elevations, enhanced drainage, utilities, upgraded sidewalks, improved lighting and curb ramps compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The city listed key roadway investment projects with cost estimates for 2025 including:
• Bridge replacements for Salem Street, $3.93 million, and Pomona Avenue, $6 million.
• Repairs to the Chico Regional Airport pond and sewers, $500,000
• A sewer trunk line in southeast Chico, $7 million
• Sewer main installation for Parkwood Drive, $1 million
• A roundabout for Floral Avenue and Eaton Road, $3.4 million
• Road rehabilitation for Peterson Memorail Way and North Bruce Road, $8 million
• Pavement preservation, $1.5 million
• Gap closure at Commerce Court, $1.68 million
• Beatification improvements to Park Avenue, $2.95 million
Projects ahead in 2026 listed by the city include:
• Improvements to the Eaton Road corridor, $5.43 million
• Widening and reconstruction to north Esplanade, $13.21 million
• A roundabout onramp to southbound Highway 99 from Eaton Road, $7.7 million.
• Road rehabilitation for East 20th Street and Ceanothus Avenue, $13 million
• Pavement preservation, $1.5 million
• Pewer main replacement, $5 million
• Reconstruction and improvement of North Cedar Street, $5.1 million.
• Multi-modal improvements to Fair Street, $5.1 million
• A second phase of sewer trunk line in southeast Chico, $4 million.
A complete list of planned street projects may be found at https://bit.ly/3XCjFtM.
Major projects outside of Chico’s announcement Tuesday, including bike lane improvements to Bikeway 99, along Highway 99, and at The Esplanade, are slated for completion in 2025.
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