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Pavement-management update: Cathedral City reports steady investment, PCI dip tied to recent projects
Summary
City engineer reported a slight drop in the citywide pavement condition index (PCI) and summarized roughly $12.9 million invested since 2023; Measure W additions should sustain near-term funding levels while large reconstruction costs remain significant.
City Engineer Armando Baldazone updated the City Council Monday on the five-year capital improvement program and the pavement-management program, reporting progress on recent projects and explaining why the citywide pavement condition index has fallen slightly since the program began.
The report matters because the city’s pavement condition influences maintenance costs, traffic safety and capital budgeting across Cathedral City’s 157 miles of roadway.
Baldazone said the city implemented a pavement-management program in 2023 that divided the roadway network into approximately 1,400 segments and produced a baseline PCI of 64. He told the council the updated PCI is 61 and explained three reasons for the decline: reconstructed streets typically show rapid early wear during the first 12 months after paving, smaller-area…
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