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City to reassess roads; consultant to produce 5-year pavement plan and budget scenarios
Summary
Staff said the city will conduct a pavement-condition index (PCI) reassessment, hire a consultant to produce a five-year maintenance plan and provide budget scenarios; brick streets will be graded with a separate calculation.
City engineering staff told the Tyler City Council on Sept. 10 that the city will reassess the condition of every road and update its five‑year pavement maintenance plan.
Cody Bain, project engineer in the city’s engineering department, said the city performs a pavement-condition assessment every four years; the last assessment was completed in 2021. The assessment uses a PCI scale from 0 (failed) to 100 (excellent). Cody said the consultant ARA operates an instrumented vehicle with cameras and sensors to identify pavement distress and calculate the PCI.
The consultant also provides the city a five-year pavement-maintenance plan and budget scenarios showing how different funding levels would affect PCI ratings over time. This year’s scope also includes assistance with data migration to a new pavement-management software that staff said the consultant recommended; staff noted that software is included in Consent Agenda 1.
Council asked whether brick streets are included; Cody said brick streets are surveyed and graded, but the PCI is calculated differently for brick versus asphalt and concrete and that brick streets are kept separate in the analysis.
The council approved the item as presented; staff will receive the consultant’s fieldwork and analysis and return recommendations for project prioritization and appropriation in future budget cycles.
