TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Doug Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
FROM: Jason Miles, PE, Assistant Public Services Director - Engineering
DATE: September 7, 2021
RE:
Title
City of Fayetteville Pavement Preservation Program
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal I: Safe and Secure Community
Goal II: High Quality Built Environment
Executive Summary:
The Fayetteville street system includes 747.81 center line miles and is one of the City's largest assets impacting every citizen, employee, emergency service personnel, commuter, and visitor. As development progresses and streets are constructed, it is necessary to cost-effectively maintain our roads in good condition. In the past, the pavement maintenance approach was on a "worst-first" basis, similar to most other municipalities. The focus of this approach was on streets that had already failed, but funding cannot keep up with the increasing inventory of failing streets, so the street network as a whole would steadily decline over time. As such, the City has adopted a strategy of "Pavement Preservation" like other progressive cities. This strategy combines re-surfacing (new asphalt) with pavement treatment methodologies such as asphalt rejuvenation or slurry seal to stretch funds and maintain the street network in good condition overall.
Through Powell Bill Program allocations, a state funding program for the building and maintenance of city streets, the City is able to perform substantial re-surfacing and treatment functions in addition to addressing other qualifying needs (ADA ramps, etc.). However, the City recognized that additional funding would be needed to reverse the decline of the overall street network condition, so an additional $2 mill was allocated for FY22. Staff anticipates the current funding level of $6.575 mill to provide for 47 miles of re-surfacing (new asphalt) and preventive treatments (slurry and cape seal/rej...
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