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Public works director warns pavement-condition index is slipping; recommends funding options and on-call repair contractor system
Summary
Public Works Director Brian Johnson updated the commission on street projects, the city’s Pavement Condition Index and a growing funding gap; staff proposed an on-call task-order repair program and said renewing a dedicated sales tax would be required to sustain current pavement conditions.
The city’s new public works director, Brian Johnson, told the commission Tuesday that Manhattan’s pavement-condition index (PCI) has declined since the program’s 2015 baseline and that maintaining the commission’s target PCI will require more funding than current streams provide.
Johnson reviewed streets currently under construction and the 2025 project list — including a near-term opening for a Denison intersection upgrade and a series of mill-and-overlay projects on College Avenue, Bluemont and other collector streets — and described schedule and traffic impacts for school-area work. He also outlined a proposed on-call task-order contract for medium-sized pavement repairs (200–2,000 sq. ft.) to accelerate response…
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