WORKSHOP ITEM, Robert Therres, Public Service Manager
Title
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE
Background
In October of 2010, the City initiated a Pavement Management Program (PMP) for the purpose of perpetually maintaining and rehabilitating city streets to maximize their lifespan in a cost efficient manner. Funding for this program was a combination of PMP tax levy funds, assessments and Municipal State Aid. As a part of this program a condition rating system was developed and all the streets were rated. This rating system aids in selecting each year’s street projects.
The construction spending and miles of projects for the first six years of the program are as follows:
• 2011- $2,500,000 in total projects (7.95 miles of overlays, 1.97 miles of reconstructs)
o $1,037,000 State Aid funded
o $1,463,000 PMP funded
• 2012 - $2,050,000 in total projects (2.47 miles of overlays, 2.34 miles of reconstructs)
o $1,100,000 State Aid funded
o $950,000 PMP
• 2013 - $3,070,000 in total projects (6.63 miles of overlays, 2.43 miles of reconstructs)
o $1,637,000 State Aid funded
o $1,433,000 PMP funded
• 2014 - $2,421,000 in total projects (2.36 miles of overlays, 4.07 miles of reconstructs)
o $982,000 State Aid funded
o $1,439,000 PMP funded
• 2015 - $1,834,000 in total projects (2.55 miles of overlays, 3.29 miles of reconstructs)
o $1,047,000 State Aid funded
o $787,000 PMP funded
• 2016 - $1,929,000 in total projects (3.35 miles of reconstructs)
o $1,929,000 PMP funded
During the first five years of the PMP, there was a heavy focus on getting overlays done on the backlog of streets that were in immediate need of an overlay. By doing this, the City was able to save both the residents of the affected streets and the city taxpayers the additional money that would have been spent reconstructing these streets if they had been allowed to deteriorate for a few more years. Going forward, there will still be streets that fall into a condition needing an overlay and staff will bring forward an overlay project when necessary, but the amount of overlays needed in the next five years is anticipated to be smaller than seen in the first five years of the program.
The focus for the next five years of the PMP will be on selecting reconstruction projects from streets generally built in the 1960’s through 1980’s that are at the end of their useful life. These reconstruction projects will be more complex, costly and time intensive than many of the projects that have been done under the PMP, especially when involving the nearly 30 miles of residential streets in older neighborhoods that do not have curb and gutter and have inadequate storm sewer.
The attached map shows the locations of all the projects done to date under the PMP program and the proposed projects for 2017, which include:
• County Road 10 Service Road from Jefferson Street to Able Street (Reconstruction)
• Restwood Road and Flowerfield Road from Naples Street to Lake Drive (Reconstruction done in conjunction with City of Lexington)
• Pheasant Ridge Drive from Lexington Avenue to approximately 1,750’ west (Reconstruction)
• Jefferson Street from 104th Court to 119th Avenue (Reconstruction)