Oroville council adopts 2026-27 SB 1 road project list
Oroville City Council adopted a fiscal-year 2026-27 Senate Bill 1 road project list tied to an estimated $561,423 in Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funding for roadway rehabilitation, drainage work and early-stage transportation design.
Resolution No. 9463 was passed and adopted June 2, 2026, by a 5-0 vote among council members present. Council Members Johnstone and Webber were absent. The City of Oroville posted the resolution on June 18.
The list combines rehabilitation and maintenance projects with preliminary planning for a proposed roundabout and pedestrian and bicycle improvements. Adoption establishes the city’s intended project list for the estimated funding; it does not mean every listed improvement is ready for immediate construction or that the estimated amount is a final expenditure total.
Two new projects begin with design
One newly proposed project is the Acacia Roundabout. The resolution calls for a feasibility study and initial project engineering for a proposed roundabout at the five-way signalized intersection involving Orange Avenue, Acacia Avenue and Oro Dam Boulevard East.
The estimated design period runs from October 2026 through October 2027, depending on the component funded with RMRA money. The resolution lists a 20-year useful life for the improvement, but the project remains at the feasibility and engineering stage.
The second new project is the Lincoln Street/Boulevard Pedestrian Safety and Mobility Project. It covers Lincoln Street/Boulevard between Highway 162 and Myers Street. The first phase is preliminary engineering for a multi-use path, pedestrian crosswalks, lane-reduction feasibility and roundabout studies at the Wyandotte Avenue and Myers Street intersections.
The resolution lists design from October 2026 through October 2027 and a construction start in May 2028 for the component funded with RMRA money. That is an estimated schedule, not a guarantee that the path, crossings, lane changes or roundabouts will be built.
Road rehabilitation extends into 2027 and 2028
The resolution also relists six previously proposed and adopted roadway projects that may use fiscal-year 2026-27 RMRA revenues:
- 18th Street between Biggs and Grand: Dig-outs and light maintenance or sealing, with a listed start in May 2027 and completion in July 2027.
- Norton Street from Bridge Street to Montgomery Street: Heavy rehabilitation and drainage improvements, with work listed from August through November 2026.
- Nelson Avenue between Sixth Street and the city limits: Heavy rehabilitation, with design scheduled to start in winter 2026 and finish in summer 2027, followed by construction from spring through summer 2028.
- Oro Dam Boulevard East between Washington and Acacia: Heavy rehabilitation, with design scheduled to finish in fall 2026 and construction listed from spring through fall 2027.
- Georgia Pacific Way from Feather River Boulevard to Baggett-Marysville Road: Heavy pavement rehabilitation, with design scheduled to finish in fall 2026 and construction listed from spring through fall 2027.
- Oro-Quincy Highway between Foothill Boulevard and Sierra Monte Drive: Heavy rehabilitation involving milling and a thick overlay, with design listed from summer through winter 2026 and construction from spring through summer 2027.
The resolution says SB 1 funding will help maintain and rehabilitate eight streets or roads while adding active-transportation infrastructure. Its visible project list contains six relisted roadway entries and two newly proposed planning projects. The document’s “eight streets/roads” wording should not be read as a promise that all eight listed efforts will enter construction at once.
What residents should watch next
A May 28 agenda from the Butte County Association of Governments separately identified Oroville’s Lincoln corridor and Oro Dam Boulevard/Orange Avenue/Acacia Avenue concepts as candidates for preliminary engineering. The BCAG record described preliminary-engineering recommendations and said Oroville would need to pursue other state and federal funding sources for roundabout construction. It did not approve construction funding for either Oroville concept.
For residents, commuters and nearby businesses, the immediate result is a project list and accountability framework rather than an announced construction phase. The key checkpoints are the October 2026 design starts for the two new projects, late-2026 design milestones for several rehabilitation projects, and the construction windows listed for 2027 and 2028.
Actual construction will depend on design completion, approvals, project schedules and available funding. Resolution No. 9463 gives the public a way to track whether the city’s intended SB 1 work advances as described.
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