In
November, the City of Castle Hills approved its first Five-Year Capital
Improvements Plan (CIP). This CIP is phase I for streets, a second component is
underway which will be Phase II will encompass drainage needs within Castle
Hills. Upon final completion, the CIP will collectively have all streets and
drainage infrastructure projects in to a five-year program that weighs the
City's capital needs against available funding. The CIP establishes a
system of examining and prioritizing the needs of the City. Identifies the
timing, phasing, location, and funding of capital improvements in a
comprehensive manner. This document allows the City to coordinate projects with
other entities, like SAWS and provides a basis for formulation of possible bond
programs.
The City of Castle Hills has needed a long-term plan to address
streets and other infrastructure issues in the community. The CIP plan
utilizes Streets within the City which have been analyzed and were assessed
with an overall condition index (OCI) rating. The OCI rating will serve as the
basis for pavement related decisions and allows the City to build this plan.
The CIP plan utilizes this information to develop an evaluation matrix and
provide recommendations for maintenance and rehabilitation on City streets. The
five-year CIP encapsulates a methodology for repair and rehabilitation of the
inventoried streets with cost and prioritized annually for the City of Castle
Hills.
The CIP is aligned with the planning of the proposed budget each
year based on available funds. The CIP should be evaluated annually by the City
of Castle Hills to prioritizes the timing and identify the funding
sources. The Five-Year Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) – Phase I –
Streets provides a roadmap for the City to utilize over the next five
years. The CIP is an objective plan which will be quantifiable, and
ultimately removes the politics from the equation. These reasons allow
projects to continue without impact from elections. This offers citizens
transparency and a non-partisan fact-based path to maintaining, repairing, and
constructing infrastructure.
The CIP provides total magnitude of infrastructure needs and
includes an inventory, evaluation and maintenance/CIP recommendation for
approximately 27 miles of asphalt roadways.
City of Castle Hills CIP