PITTSBURG, CA – On Monday June 3, 2024, the Pittsburg City Council allocated $1,951,212 in funding gained as part of the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, commonly referred to simply as “SB 1.” The funding will be available during the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2024.
For Fiscal Year 2024-2025, project selection prioritized maintaining a safe and efficient transportation system. Pittsburg undertook a robust public process to ensure public input into the project list. The City used a Pavement Management System to help develop the SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the highest-priority and most cost-effective projects that meet the community’s priorities for transportation investment.
The identified project, which includes the area bounded by the California Seasons neighborhood, PG&E power line corridor, State Route 4, and the Union Pacific railroad tracks, will result in the rehabilitation of multiple streets. The project will use various treatments based on the needs of each road, such as crack seal, micro-surfacing, cape seal, three-layer treatment, mill and overlay, and base repair.
“Road repairs and infrastructure funding continue to be one of the highest priorities in the City,” says Pittsburg City Manager Garrett Evans. “We have a long way to go, but we remain steadfast in finding ways to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects.”
In April 2017, SB 1 was signed into law to address funding shortfalls for transportation projects across the State. The funding program includes accountability and transparency provisions to help ensure residents are informed of the projects proposed to receive these funds each fiscal year and what projects have reached completion. The City must adopt a list of projects proposed to receive funding each Fiscal Year from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) created by SB 1, and must include a description and the location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement. This is the eighth year the City has received SB 1 funds for road projects.
The project design is slated to begin in Fall 2024, with construction in Spring of next year. Once complete, it is estimated that the useful life of the roadways will be increased by up to 20 years.
For more information, call the City of Pittsburg Public Works Department, Engineering Division at (925) 252-4930.
About The City of Pittsburg
Incorporated in 1903, Pittsburg is located on the south shore of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Northern California, 30 miles east of San Francisco. The City has a population of 77,752 and operates under the council/manager form of government with its own Police, Public Works, Community and Economic Development, Finance, Community Services, and Recreation Departments, as well as its own utility divisions operating as the Pittsburg Power Company and Pittsburg Water. With more than 5,000 new housing units in the development pipeline, as well as large industrial corridors slated for redevelopment, Pittsburg is one of the fastest growing cities in Contra Costa County. For more information, please call the City Manager’s Office at (925) 252-4850.
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