Inyo County Public Works officials presented a five-year capital improvement plan for county roads and described how the department prioritizes projects across four maintenance districts.

Public Works Director Mike Carrante and Road Superintendent Gordon Moose laid out recent 2024 work (Bobwhite Road, Sugarloaf Road, Lone Pine substation road and Watterson Road) and a proposed schedule of overlays, slurry seals and other preventive maintenance through fiscal 2028–29. Moose said the county maintains about 1,095 miles of roadway, roughly half paved and half unpaved, and described routine maintenance tasks such as pothole repair, crack filling, striping, grading and winter snow removal.

Staff highlighted funding diversity — RMRA (SB 1), RSTP, HSIP, STIP, HBP, ATP, FLAP and other grants — and said most projects require matching funds and careful prioritization. Carrante described the department’s use of a pavement-condition-index (PCI) program and new camera-based data collection to improve the efficiency and objectivity of condition assessments.

Planned near-term work included Mountain View Road and portions of Independence and Bishop streets, a contracted slurry seal in Tacopa, and ongoing in-house coal-mix overlays where crews can perform them. Moose noted each cold-mix overlay typically yields a 10-year life estimate but that real-world life varies by subgrade condition and traffic.

Board members asked technical questions about overlay thickness, chip-seal technique and bridge inspection responsibility (district staff and Caltrans share roles depending on span). Staff acknowledged tight budgets and weather-driven scheduling variables and said they will continue to pursue grant funding for larger bridge or reconstruction projects.

No formal board action was taken; the presentation served to inform the FY 2025–26 planning and to help supervisors and the public understand priorities and trade-offs in scheduling road work.