City residents will decide Tuesday whether to borrow money via bond to repair some city roads.

The city successfully competed for a Maine Department of Transportation grant to fix High Street from Leeman Highway to the West Bath and Phippsburg town lines over the summer; that part of High Street is Route 209, a state highway.

Bath Public Works Director Peter Owen said the grant would fund $500,000 — about half of the expected costs of the project.

To fund the remainder, and to catch up on other road work, Bath has put a bond measure on Tuesday’s ballot: Question 1 would authorize the sale of $2.5 million in bonds for that work. Among the targeted areas for improvement, in addition to the lower High Street stretch, are North Street, and several roads in the north end of Bath, including Whiskeag Road.

Other items on the city ballot include the election of three city councilors running unopposed.

Steve Brackett is running as councilor-at-large, Mari Eosco is running in Ward 5 and Leverett “Tink” Mitchell is running in Ward 7.

There will also be school board elections in Districts 1 and 6.

Alan Walton is uncontested as District 6 representative, but no one is running in District 1, where Robin Buczkowski of Woolwich is finishing her first term on the board.

All voting will occur at Bath Middle School, 6 Old Brunswick Road, 8 a.m to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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