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by davideous 2333 days ago
My small town resurfaced (grinding and re-paving) 5/12ths of a mile for about $100,000. That's about $240,000 per mile. Or actually $120,000 per "lane-mile".

However, we could only afford it because we got a grant from the state. Our annual town budget could not afford the road maintenance.
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Retric 2333 days ago
That’s not that expensive, as long as it’s a planned expense.

An acre of land which is large for a town is 43,560 square feet or 208’ x 208’ though you can get significantly narrower along a road. A mile is 5280’ so ballpark that’s 25 per side or 50 properties = 4,800$ per property every say 20 years or 240$ per year.

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davideous 2333 days ago
That stretch of road serves 40 houses. So paving every 20 years works out to $125/year/house. Median home value is $105,000 so that costs 0.12% of home value per year.

Not unreasonable if planned for and if other expenses are not chewing up all property tax revenue.

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asdff 2333 days ago
If it winters, you are going to want to pave more often than that. My parents suburban street has similar traffic (read: 40 people driving their car out then back in every day and that's it), and just from the warming and contraction over the course of the year the asphalt starts buckling and falling apart in less than 5 years.
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dillonmckay 2333 days ago
What is your town’s population size?

Do you experience freezing temperatures?

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topspin 2333 days ago
Those numbers are inline with my development where we maintain .9 miles of private road with HOA dues; the quotes we've received all orbit around $250-300k for the last several years. Yes we have hard winters.

What we don't have is frequent heavy vehicles at speed. The state actually bans certain types of commercial vehicles on specific roads in the spring when road beds are soft.

The figures cited in this story seem high. Or maybe they're normal in Illinois or some other state where costs are extraordinary. Their not in line with what I see.

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dillonmckay 2333 days ago
Are you replying to a different comment?
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topspin 2333 days ago
Nope.
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davideous 2333 days ago
Population was 277 at the last census. Yes, we experience freezing temperatures.
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