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Pavement Management System
The Pavement Management System of the City of El Paso Street Department is a tool used to prioritize day-to-day street operations and long-term projects.
The restoration techniques used to manage the city’s pavement include; patching, crack sealing, asphalt rejuvenation, microsurfacing, resurfacing and reconstruction. The type of repairs a street receives is based on its needs.
Resurfacing is a cost-effective and final rehabilitation method utilized before a street becomes a reconstruction candidate.
Pavement Condition Index
The Pavement Condition Index (PCI) helps identify streets for the department’s resurfacing program.
The PCI is a reflection of the condition of a street’s asphaltic layer and does not include conditions of curb/gutter, the foundation beneath the asphaltic layer, sidewalks, and drainage associated with the roadway. Data for the PCI was collected in three separate phases, the first phase occurring in 2003.
Every street within the city limits has been assessed and assigned a rating based on their respective PCI. Ratings are depicted on a color scale on a PCI map.
The pavement condition for each street is subject to change due to the multiple factors including but not limited to; weather conditions/cycles, passenger and commercial traffic volumes, design standards used when the street was initially constructed, age of the roadway, drainage, pavement cuts into the street for utility work, and ongoing street rehabilitation projects.
The number of streets resurfaced annually is based on funding allocated to the resurfacing program. Funding levels are determined during the City’s budget process.
Based on current data and present-day construction costs, the City would have to spend $200 million on the resurfacing program to bring all streets to a PCI level of fair or above.
To show the funding level required to resurface a street with a PCI of marginal or below, we’ve grouped those roadways into $10 million projects. The projects are depicted cumulatively on a Resurfacing Program Funding Levels map.
Resurfacing projects are prioritized based on streets with the lowest PCI ratings and 2008 costs for repairs.
*The database for the Pavement Condition Index will be updated periodically as street rehabilitation projects are undertaken and completed.
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Reconstruction Candidates
Streets excluded from resurfacing are those requiring full reconstruction for one or more of the following reasons: they are not in compliance with city standards; require drainage systems, is part of an on-site ponding subdivision; are part of local or regional transportation projects; or have poor soil conditions. These streets are identified reconstruction candidates.
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Resurfacing Program Funding
The number of streets resurfaced annually is based on funding allocated to the resurfacing program. Funding levels are determined as part of the City’s budget process.
Based on current data and present-day construction costs, the City would have to spend $200 million on the resurfacing program to bring all streets to a PCI level of fair or better.
To show the funding level required for resurfacing a street with a PCI of marginal or below, we’ve grouped those roadways into $10 million projects. The projects are depicted cumulatively on a Resurfacing Program Funding Levels map.
Resurfacing projects are prioritized based on streets with the lowest PCI ratings and 2008 costs for repairs.
I have read the above resurfacing program funding statement and wish to view map
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