(KLZA)-- The Falls City Council approved the 2025-2030 One and Six Year Street Improvement Plan when they met Monday evening.

The plan includes five projects on the One Year Plan with cost estimates of more than $700,000. There are 22 projects on the Six Year Plan which includes approximately 80 blocks of street paving with the city share of the total cost estimated at nearly $13.2 million.

The Council did vote to move a Fulton Street project from Highway 73 to the east and then north north for just over 600 feet to the 6-Year Plan and moved a 25th Street project from Harlan Street to Barada Street, replacing existing brick with concrete to the One Year Plan.

City Administrator Anthony Nussbaum explained the city receives Highway Allocation funds based on the lane miles within city limits and from vehicle sales tax. Last year the city received around $622,000 in Highway Allocation funds.

Nussbaum says when developing the street plan, you are always looking into the future. Some sealing work is planned for the current fiscal year and that when you look at the one year plan, you are really planning on how to pay for future projects.

The long range plan has several projects which call for replacing existing brick streets with concrete. Public Works Director Trevor Campbell said that while the brick streets from 14th Street north to 19th Street will always be maintained due to historical significance, there are a large number of brick streets in the community. He noted that when it's necessary to remove bricks to fix a water line issue or sewer line issues, it is cost and labor intensive to put bricks back and that it's likely you will see more concrete patching done in the future, especially if there is no intent to maintain the brick street in the future.

Campbell said it is possible to overlay bricks with cement, but noted that while saving money, there will be more repairs later due to water damage that occurrs when you just overlay bricks with concrete.

The Council also approved the appointment of Jason Stark as City Street Superintendent for 2025 by contract. Stark has the required Class A Street Superintendent license required for the City to receive funding from the state.