Peggy Thomsen Pierce Street Park

What is the Capital Improvement Plan? 

Albany's five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is designed to provide a road map for implementation of core infrastructure improvement programs and standalone enhancement projects throughout the City. The City Council, commissions, and staff work together to incorporate priorities into a realistic plan for implementation. This plan strives to balance regulatory requirements, safety issues, planned priorities, and desired enhancements to City assets and infrastructure. The CIP covers a planning horizon of five fiscal years, with the first two to three years of funding generally appropriated by the Council at adoption. Interim reports are provided to the City Council periodically, and include project status, program developments, and funding updates.

Albany's Current CIP

The most recent CIP was adopted in November 2020 (Resolution No. 2020-108). At that time, the City Council approved the plan to invest approximately $19.4 million into capital improvements within the first two years of the plan, with a total of $42.6 million planned over the full five years. Of the total budget, roughly 83% was allocated for investment into core infrastructure, including Annual Programs for rehabilitation of Sewers, Streets, Sidewalks, and Storm Drains. The plan also included 22 standalone projects, in the categories of Buildings & Facilities, Streets/Bikeways/Pedestrian Improvements, Parks/Creeks/Trails, and Sewer/Storm Drain. 

The most recent status report for the current CIP was presented to the City Council on May 2, 2022. Click here to read the report. 

How do I stay in the loop? 

  • Details of projects in progress and upcoming can be found on the City's Construction Alerts webpage.
  • Residents are encouraged to subscribe to eNotifications for Construction Alerts (under "News") in order to receive email notices about imminent construction.
  • Residents are also encouraged to subscribe to the weekly eNews (under "News") for profiles of completed projects and announcements for upcoming construction.

How is the CIP funded? 

The City depends on a wide variety of funding resources to support capital improvement design and implementation. In addition to grant funding and capital reserves, current CIP funding sources include but are not limited to: 

Further details on the City's funding sources for all types of projects can be found on page 15-20 of the current CIP. 

Project Highlights

Major projects completed over the past five years include but are not limited to annual sewer, sidewalk, storm drain, and street maintenance or replacement, a new Maintenance Center, ADA improvements to curb ramps on Lower Solano, the Buchanan/Marin Utility Undergrounding & Buchanan Bike Path, major accessibility improvements on Albany Hill, Dartmouth Tot Lot improvements, the new Peggy Thomsen Pierce Street Park, the Ohlone Greenway/Senior Center crosswalk, Solano Avenue sewer rehabilitation, and improvements to the Marin/Curtis intersection.