A host of borough roads have been proposed as maintenance projects for this summer, but rising costs are forcing some off the list of those likely to be funded this year. At its Tuesday meeting, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is expected to amend Ordinance 2005-19-50, an $886,000 capital improvement appropriations measure, and cut a dozen roads from a secondary priority list.

The ordinance, introduced May 2, gets a public hearing Tuesday.

Funding would include the $755,955 approved in the Road Service Area’s 2006 budget, plus $129,913 in unexpended funds within the Capital Projects Fund. The current ordinance includes two prioritized lists of roads, Group A, which would be let out for bid first, and Group B, which would be let out for bid until the money runs out. Typically, Group B projects not funded in one year are carried over to the next.

In a May 24 memo to the assembly, Roads Director Gary Davis said project costs were coming in higher than originally budgeted, however. As a result, the Road Service Area Board voted May 10 to truncate the two lists, moving one A-list project, Hutler Road near Homer, to the B list, and eliminating a dozen others from the B list altogether. As proposed now by the road service area board, the project lists would look like this if the assembly adopts the proposed amendment. (Some projects include more than one road because they are contiguous).

Group A:

• Jim Dahler Road and Arrowhead Avenue (Sterling)
• Yukon Street and Saber Avenue (Homer)
• Grouse Creek Bridge (Seward)
• LaCross Way (Soldotna)
• Brewer Road, Mallette Avenue, and Auburn Court (Kasilof)