Four Fair Oaks Ranch roads targeted for rebuild after vote

Voters in Fair Oaks Ranch want their roads repaired and voted as such, as two city bond issues were approved Saturday by large margins.

Proposition A on the Fair Oaks ballot grants the city $16 million to reconstruct four major thoroughfares in town. Voters passed it with more than a 2-to-1 approval, 651-288, a 69%-31% margin.

Stretches of Dietz Elkhorn Road, Battle Intense, Rolling Acres Trail and Ammann Road will be torn up and rebuilt once the bonds are sold, bids are let and construction begins.

Proposition B allows the city to continue a one-fourth of 1% draw on local sales and use tax to provide maintenance and repair for the municipality’s streets. Prop B passed by an even wider margin, 785-158, an 83%-17% approval.

Mayor Greg Maxton Tuesday said that with the bond’s passage, city officials are ready to begin the process of determining the order of road construction, which will likely stretch out over a 2- to 3-year process.

“We identified the four major roads that are damaged beyond repair. They’ve gotten to the point where it wouldn’t be a good use of taxpayer dollars to continue maintenance,” Maxton said. “All the other roads are currently in our maintenance program.”

An analysis of city roads is conducted every three or four years through the public works with a general engineering contractor, who does the inspection of the city’s roads.

The city passed an ordinance to restrict the $16 million to the construction of the four thoroughfares. Any remaining funds will not be drawn down for any other city purpose.