Alpine’s Private-Road Districts: County Publishes 2026–27 Budgets for Rock Terrace and Roble Grande Road

ALPINE, San Diego County — October 28, 2026. Some Alpine homeowners pay special assessments that support maintenance of private roads. The county’s updated Permanent Road Divisions (PRD) program page includes 2026–27 annual budget reports for two Alpine areas: PRD 23 — Rock Terrace and PRD 94 — Roble Grande Road. It also provides a road map that can help residents distinguish county-maintained roads from PRD roads.

Which Alpine road districts are listed?

Rock Terrace (PRD 23) dates to 1970. According to the county, it maintains approximately 0.14 mile of road and has no listed drainage culverts. Roble Grande Road (PRD 94), formed in 1977, maintains approximately 0.70 mile of road and one drainage culvert.

Both districts fund some combination of road maintenance, improvements and drainage infrastructure. The county says charges depend on the benefit a property receives. These figures describe specific district road lengths, not all public roads in Alpine.

Did every homeowner’s tax go up?

No such conclusion follows from the existence of a new budget report. San Diego County says the Board of Supervisors approved PRD levies for fiscal year 2026–27 on June 24, 2026, and that most levies stayed the same. It lists changes for six other numbered PRD zones, not PRD 23 or PRD 94, in the summary of increases and decreases. Individual property charges must be checked against the appropriate zone’s actual assessment records and the specific parcel.

How residents can check a private road

Open the San Diego County Permanent Road Divisions webpage.
Use the linked interactive road map and search by address. The county says roads maintained by the county appear in red and PRD roads in purple.
Find PRD 23 or PRD 94 to see formation documents, boundaries and the FY 2026–27 budget report.
Check the actual assessment on the property records rather than relying on a neighboring parcel’s tax amount.

Why this matters during wildfire season

Private-road maintenance and drainage can affect daily access and the ability of emergency vehicles to reach homes. The county’s PRD program describes roughly 67 zones and 100 miles of private roads in unincorporated San Diego County. However, participation in a district does not guarantee a particular road will be repaved this year or that an additional project has been approved.

Official source: San Diego County Department of Public Works — PRD Zone Information and 2026–27 budgets. For road committee and program questions the county provides spdist.lueg@sdcounty.ca.gov.

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