Construction cost for Schertz 2025 SPAM Resurfacing Project triples to over $3M

City Engineer Kathryn Woodlee said the scope of any SPAM or street project often changes during and after the survey and design process due to active deterioration.

"If roads have deteriorated more quickly than expected, the repairs needed become more significant and expensive. What that means is that we can’t always include all streets planned and some shift to the next year or later based on the severity of work needed and available funding," Woodlee said in an email to Community Impact.

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The project is part of the city's capital improvement projects. Different streets are identified for the year to be resurfaced or rehabilitated.

A slurry seal, which is a thick layer of sand or oil mixture, will be spread onto the surface of each street being resurfaced to increase the street's pavement condition to a high score. Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. is the engineer on the project, according to the city's CIP dashboard. Streets included in the 2025 SPAM Resurfacing Project include:

• Laurel Lane
• River Road
• Oakdale Drive
• Dartmoor Drive
• Pentonville Drive
• Gettysburg Drive
• Richmond Drive
• Curtiss Avenue
• Williamsburg Drive
• Valley Forge Drive
• Roanoke Drive
• Westchester
• Cutler Bridge
• Woodbridge Way
• McBride Bridge
• Covered Bridge
• Cedar Bridge
• Holliwell Bridge
• Roseman Bridge

Project design is almost complete. City staff will evaluate funding options in order to proceed with the planned work this year. If work is delayed by a year or more, the streets identified in the resurfacing project will fall into the "rehabilitation" category and result in additional cost increases, the presentation states.