Comal County road crews are gearing up to repair 70 miles of pavement on 125 roads starting in April.
County Engineer Robert Boyd shared the Road Department’s 2026 proposed paving plan at Commissioners Court today.
The county will spend an estimated $7 million and use 88,165 tons of asphalt on road construction for failure repairs, paving and shoulder-up work.
“I feel like we have a great team that accomplishes this, and this year we have an aggressive plan to try to hit 70 miles, and it’ll be the most we’ve ever done,” he said.
Repairs will be completed in phases, Boyd said. Residents should not assume a job is complete just because crews leave the area.
Phase 1 includes preparation and failure repair, Phase 2 involves paving and placement of new asphalt, and Phase 3 covers shoulder-up and final touches.
Different types of work require specific temperature conditions and crew availability. Storms could delay repair work.
Preparation/failure repair runs November-February, paving is scheduled from March-October and shoulder-up/final touches are completed November-December.
Trying to rush or combine phases could lead to roads failing sooner and incur additional costs.
Boyd said the county’s global information system (GIS) ensures the right amount of asphalt gets delivered to crews at the right time.
“One of the things we have to deal with is that in our specifications we make sure that we have a certain amount of asphalt that comes throughout the day because what happens is if you don’t make that claim, then the asphalt company will bring 300 tons at four o’clock in the afternoon and our guys are out there until 9 p.m.,” he said.