The Springfield City Council has approved putting a $20 million bond on the May ballot to pay for street repairs.
Springfield voters approved a $10 million street bond in 2018. That funded just under five miles of street repairs that were completed in 2022.
Jeff Paschall, Community Development Division Director with Springfield’s Development & Public Works Department, said this bond would be for $20 million over five years.
“Just with the inflation that everybody’s experiencing, construction costs have really gone up a lot in the last five to six years,” Paschall said. “So, in order to get the same amount of work done that’s what we’re looking at, is that $20 million range to do about the same amount of work.”
The cost would be about 74 cents per $1,000 assessed value of property for residents.
The bond would cover repaving streets including Harlow Road, Aspen Street in front of Centennial, G Street near McKenzie Willamette Hospital, and 58th Street near Thurston High School.
