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Those bumpy roads you're driving on may soon get some repair.
The town of Los Gatos and the redevelopment agency recently presented a five-year plan for capital improvements. Among the projects scheduled for the fiscal years 200405 to 200809 are improvements to town-owned buildings, parks, trails and streets.
Capital-improvement projects are defined by the town as those with a useful life of at least five years at one location and a value of $25,000 or greater.
Town engineer Kevin Rohani outlined major programs included in the upcoming fiscal year's capital-improvement budget at a May 18 town council meeting.
Nearly half of the $5 million budgeted for new and continued projects is allocated for repair and replacement of streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, bridges, retaining walls and storm drains, as well as new signage, a traffic-calming program and assessment of infrastructure needs.
Residents of one Los Gatos court said worn-out pavement and potholes have caused inconveniences and injuries for several years. Rick Bawden told the council about his attempts to get Carlton Court repaired. He said he has unsuccessfully tried to get town officials to repair the street for about four years.
"I'm trying to understand how it is you go about getting a street repaired," Bawden said. "Folks are telling me it's gonna get repaired, and it's not. The street is deteriorating—in my perception, rapidly."
Rohani, standing in for vacationing Parks and Public Works Director John Curtis, said he was unaware of Bawden's discussions with Curtis' predecessor and promised that, at the very least, the street would be patched within the next year.
He said 46.55 miles of Los Gatos roads—about half of the town's total roadway—have been repaired over the last three years, and that the capital-improvement plans called for further repair.
Other new capital-improvement projects include new and repaired trails, a dog park (in collaboration with Campbell, Saratoga and Santa Clara County), radar speed display boards near schools, improvements to the Roberts Road bridge and design of the gateway at the intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue and Wood Road.
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