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Recent roads coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The Aug. 18 Board of Supervisors agenda bundles a $4.9 million health-care transfer, at least $850,000 in ARPA child-care loans, a $2.254 million behavioral-health contract and new roads spending.
Supervisors are being asked to hold a public hearing and adopt annual parcel-charge reports for the county’s Permanent Road Division zones.
County staff are asking supervisors to approve 36 year-end FY 2025-26 budget amendments, including major shifts in roads, public defender and general revenue accounts.
The board adopted a public-hearing resolution letting Hammonton Road in the Goldfields remain gated under state vehicle code.
Caltrans told the board the Indianola undercrossing is nearing completion, Eureka Slough bridge traffic has shifted north for repairs and South Broadway/Hilfiker signal work should wrap by late summer.
The city’s May 6 meeting approved a Transportation Development Act claim to SACOG and outlined how the money could support Nevada Street, N Street, Larkin Road and Broadway work.
The council authorized a long-delayed Transportation Development Act claim to SACOG, while staff said about $2.87 million in local transportation balances remain unclaimed there.