Nedrah Acres Street Maintenance
Todd Juergens
Mr. Clagett,
I am responding to your request for information related to street maintenance in Nedrah Acres.
The streets in Nedra Acres were constructed in the mid-1970’s and accepted for maintenance by Larimer County in 1978 through a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners.
It has long been the policy of Larimer County to define maintenance in all county subdivisions, not just Nedrah Acres, as “Surface Maintenance Only” meaning the County will repair minor potholes, perform crack sealing on an as needed basis and perform chip seals on a periodic basis. However, when a subdivisions roads deteriorate to a condition that they can no longer be maintained with routine surface treatments (i.e crack seal, chip seal), it is the responsibility of the adjacent property owners to restore the roadway to a condition that it can once again be maintained with routine surface treatments.
The roads in the Nedrah Acres Subdivision have deteriorated to a condition that routine surface maintenance is no longer a viable maintenance technique. These roads are in need of more robust maintenance including substantial structural patching and placement of a structural asphalt overlay. This more robust maintenance is beyond the level of maintenance provided by Larimer County and is the responsibility of the property owners in Nedrah Acres Subdivision.
Asphalt roads are designed to have a useful life of approximately 20 years, assuming that routine maintenance is performed over this 20 year life. The roads in Nedrah Acres were originally constructed in the mid-1970’s and are now + 45 years old, over twice the intended design life, a testament to the original construction and preventative maintenance performed over the life of the streets.
In regard to your question about where do the property tax dollars collected for road maintenance go. The current Road and Bridge Mill Levy is .493 meaning that for a home that is valued at $650,000, only $21.18 of the total property tax paid is collected for road maintenance purposes. The property tax revenue is utilized for maintenance of ~800 miles of mainline county road (Country Club Rd, Gregory Rd) and ~100 miles of subdivision roads. (Dayton Dr., Lakeview Dr.)
We recognize that the cost associated with road reconstruction and/or structural overlay’s is substantial. Property owners have the option to work with Larimer County to form a Public Improvement District (PID) to help manage the process. Essentially a PID is a process where the residents within a subdivision vote, through a formal election, to create a district and tax themselves for the purposes of collecting funds for street maintenance. The monies collected are reserved for that subdivision and cannot be spent outside the district boundaries. Larimer County collects the funds, works with the PID Road Board to develop maintenance plans, and provides engineering and construction support to develop and implement improvements to the roads within the district.
The following is a link to the website with information related to Public Improvement Districts. https://www.larimer.gov/engineering/improvement-districts/subdivision-road-outreach
If you have any additional questions please let me know.
Thank You
 | Todd Juergens Road and Bridge Director |
Road and Bridge Department 2643 Midpoint Drive| Suite C Fort Collins, CO 80525 W: (970) 498-5653 | |
This form was submitted on Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 8:10am from https://www.larimer.gov/elected-officials/john-kefalas.
I would like to know in writing why our roads in Nedrah Acres are not getting paved anymore, my tax dollars have not gone down. Where does the money we pay eachbueat go since some is set aside for roads. I know a lot goes to schools but my kids are long out of Tavelli and Poudre and I am fine supporting schools but why is no one supporting our roads. I pay taxes and some should go to our roads up here. Is the county not being run well? What is your answer.
John Clagett 970-215-5706