How the separate road budgets relate
The county publishes more than one road-related budget. They describe different accounting lines and different years. This guide explains what the sources say without combining them into a single “roads budget.”
FY2026 General Fund department
Engineering and Road Bureaus — $7,868,053
This is the Engineering and Road Bureaus division within Public Works. Its General Fund budget covers road, bridge, and sign maintenance; capital improvements; pavement management; and subdivision-construction activity. The FY2026 book identifies Engineering plus three road bureaus as its sections. It describes an operating service, not the separately reported Road Program fund.
FY2026 county budget, printed p.84 · County Engineering & Maintenance responsibilities (current service page)
FY2026 named Special Revenue fund
Road Program — $36,258,648
This fund is budgeted from a road maintenance fee, state intergovernmental funds, and an Infrastructure Bank transfer. The FY2026 budget describes $33.1 million for paving, sidewalks, bridge replacement, road improvements, and traffic calming. Its remaining listed uses include transfers for road-maintenance bond debt service and public-works equipment replacement.
The program description identifies funding and uses but does not explain the full year-over-year increase shown in the explorer. A larger budget figure does not by itself establish how many more miles or projects will result.
Historical named Special Revenue fund · latest published here: FY2015
Road Paving — $8,000,000
This is a FY2015 amount for a historical fund, not a current FY2026 budget. The county sources reviewed for this guide do not verify that Road Paving was renamed, replaced, or reconciles to the current Road Program. Its relationship to the FY2026 figures is therefore unknown, and the amounts must not be added together.
Why these figures are not added
The FY2026 sources identify a General Fund department and a named Special Revenue fund, each with road-related work. They do not publish a reconciliation showing whether their activities overlap or a formula that produces one combined service total. The FY2015 Road Paving figure is both historical and unreconciled. Showing the lines separately preserves the county’s accounting context and avoids a total the sources do not support.