Pavement Management

The City’s Pavement Management Program provides a guide for the City to make strategic decisions related to roadway maintenance and reconstruction activities to maximize the useful life of the pavement and to minimize maintenance costs by performing proper actions at the optimum time.   The program also provides financing strategies to make the most efficient use of available resources.  

Pavement Management Report

Every 5 years, the City prepares an evaluation of it’s pavement management program including overall pavement condition ratings (PCI), management techniques and funding options. This report is used to inform budgetary needs and preferred project sequencing.    

Pavement Condition Report

The City annually rates the condition of 25% of its roadway pavement. This results in an inspection of the entire system over a 4 year period. The City uses pavement management software to extrapolate degradation of the system and adjust maintenance needs. Below is the most current PCI report:

Preventative Maintenance

Preventative maintenance is defined as treatment to an existing road that will help preserve and protect the pavement, while also slowing future deterioration. This type of maintenance improves the condition of the roadway without increasing its structural capacity. Common preventative maintenance techniques include rejuvenating, crack sealing, fog sealing, chip sealing, chip sealing followed by fog sealing, micro-surfacing, and slurry sealing. Projects planned for this year include:

Street Rehabilitation 

Rehabilitation projects typically include either an Overlay or a Mill and Overlay procedure. Overlays include placing a new layer of bituminous material on top of an existing asphalt surface. A mill and overlay requires grinding all or a portion of the in-place asphalt surface and topping the ground surface with a bituminous wear course. This strategy provides a structure improvement to the roadway. The Street Rehabilitation project planned for this year includes:  

  • Coyote Trail and Ct
  • Fawn Ln (south of Birch), Beaver Trail, and Muskrat Run
  • E. Shadow Lake Ct, White Birch Ct, and Red Birch Ct

Street Reconstruction

The City performs a reconstruction project every three years. This may include either a full rebuild of the street including subgrade and drainage improvements or a full depth reclaim. The full depth reclaim involves pulverizing the full depth of bituminous and a portion of the underlying materials. That material gets blended together and provides a sound base for new pavement. Streets proposed for reconstruction are first identified in the City’s Five Year Street Reconstruction Plan. The projects proposed for reconstruction in 2025 include: