Dallas street maintenance crews covered 800 lane miles of roadway in the budget year that ended Sept. 30, beating a goal of 759, according to a year-end report going to the City Council's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday.
A second memo on the same agenda sets the 2027 target at 800 lane miles again, with an estimated budget of $142 million in general fund and bond money. The roadway line in the 2026 plan carried a $162 million budget.
How last year's work broke down
The Transportation and Public Works Department said general fund maintenance accounted for 724 of last year's lane miles across 1,260 projects, while 119 bond-funded resurfacing and reconstruction jobs added 76 more.
Bridge crews finished 16 repair projects against 14 planned, though only six of the completed jobs were on the original list; the other 10 were urgent requests. Planned bridge work that was not finished has been moved into the new year's plan, the report says.
Sidewalk work under the city's Sidewalk Master Plan amounted to a single project of about 2,534 linear feet, just under half a mile, for $314,734. Other programs delivered more: 264 projects through the 50/50 sidewalk cost-share program, 240 through the program for senior and disabled residents, and 924 curb ramps paid for through DART's public transportation improvement fund.
What the 2027 plan includes
The new work plan lists 1,297 general fund projects covering 708 lane miles, one DART-funded mobility project of 7 lane miles and 81 bond projects totaling 64 lane miles. Those add up to 779 lane miles, and the department says it will keep identifying streets to reach the 800-mile goal.
