Kyle estimates $4.2 million overrun on road projects

An estimated $4.2 million overrun is the amount Kyle is looking at for all five of its road bond projects.

Despite the higher than expected costs, city leaders said improvements on Lehman Road, one of the more expensive and contentious projects on the docket, is nearing the halfway mark.

Leon Barba, Kyle city engineer, said the road bond projects inthe $35 million 2013 bond is $4.2 million over budget. Barba said two of the projects, Lehman Road and Burleson Street, still have a long way to go before completion.