LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County’s Public Works Department announced that 16 miles of Cobb Area pavement damaged by the Valley Fire and subsequent rebuilding efforts will be reconstructed beginning in May.

On April 8, the Lake County Board of Supervisors awarded a $5.1 million Agreement to Argonaut Constructors, Inc., to complete the “2024 Pavement Rehabilitation Project.”

Funded by the State Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account, or SB1, this substantial construction project is expected to span 100 working days.

The county said work will include full-depth reclamation of existing county maintained roadways; grading; hot mix asphalt pavement, double chip seals, aggregate base, shoulder backing, drainage control infrastructure; asphalt concrete conforms and Portland cement concrete driveways and intersections; and adjustments to existing utility manholes, vaults, boxes and covers to “finish grade,” or to full conformity to approved plans.

The county credited Assistant Engineer Pablo Pantaleon for “outstanding work” as the project’s manager.

The Public Works Department can be reached at 707-263-2341.