The City of San Angelo, Texas - page 7

Business View Magazine 7
systems, its traffic signals and street lighting, and all of
its streets and bridges. The challenges are many:
“From a street and bridge aspect,” he reports, “our
infrastructure has suffered the same fate as it has
across the country, and has continued to deteriorate
to a point that it has become a serious issue. Our City
Council has recently taken the initiative to start to ad-
dress these concerns, not only with water and sewer,
but with our streets. We have just completed a com-
prehensive street analysis and now have a baseline
for all of our roads within the city - so we know where
we’re starting from. And through that process, we’ve
identified a plan to address some of our major arteri-
als and collectors in town and start dealing with the
deteriorating infrastructure issues that we have.”
Where will the money come to meet this challenge?
“Council has recently given staff direction to move for-
ward with a plan to fund the $80 million project with
Certificates of Obligation, over the next 10 years,”