What you need to know
Manvel is waiting on Brazoria County to carry out overlay work on four roads in and around the Lakeland and Old Manvel Townsite areas north of Hwy. 6, Mayor Dan Davis said Aug. 6.
The work was originally expected to begin in mid-July but was delayed due to Hurricane Beryl, Davis said.
Last year, Manvel created a street maintenance plan that was expected to run from November to July and included repairs and overlays on around 20 streets in town, according to city documents. Davis said the city has completed the road projects it was responsible for.
Work on the four roads, which are Charlotte Street, Dogwood Avenue, Tankersley Road and Wilson Drive, is part of the street plan from last year and was to be done in partnership with Brazoria County. Director of Public Works Robbie Hall said the city expects the work to take a month once it starts. The total cost of the work, as well as how much Manvel’s portion will be, was not available by press time.
What else?
Manvel over the past year has been active in allocating funds to build up its roads and sidewalks, Davis said. Earlier this year, the city secured $10 million for street work, sidewalks and drainage. The work will be broken up into four phases, with the first two likely done in the coming months. City officials will then decide what the final two phases will look like.
The city is also considering its new budget, which should be approved in September, for fiscal year 2024-25 and is looking at increasing its funding for sidewalk and street repairs, according to city documents.
The projected budget calls for $75,000 for sidewalk repairs, up from a budgeted 50,000 last year, and $116,221 for street repairs, which is up from last year’s $106,221 but down from the $141,250 budgeted in FY 2022-23, documents show.
