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Wheeling staff asks board to keep pavement condition target at 76 after software-driven analysis
Summary
Village staff demonstrated an asset-management approach using Cartograph and recommended maintaining the village's overall pavement condition index at about 76; trustees gave consensus to keep the current level of service.
Village of Wheeling public works staff presented a data-driven pavement preservation plan May 19 and asked the board to confirm the village's target for the pavement condition index (PCI). Staff recommended keeping the village's overall condition at roughly 76 out of 100 and the board indicated consensus to maintain the status quo.
"That's a very solid average score," Kyle Gettleman, the village engineer, said of the current overall condition after summarizing how the Cartograph asset-management software models pavement degradation and the effects of different funding levels.
Staff explained the methodology: the village catalogs each street's PCI on a 0–100 scale (assessments are performed every three years by a third-party consultant), models a degradation curve that estimates condition between assessments, and uses a Scenario Builder to estimate how different budgets change the network condition over five years. Treatment methods and approximate unit costs presented included reclamite (about $60,000 per roadway mile), crack sealing (about $15,000 per mile), asphalt resurfacing (about $600,000 per mile) and reconstruction (roughly $2,000,000 per mile). Staff reported the village's current network OCI/PCI is 76.
Model scenarios showed maintaining an OCI of about 76 would cost roughly $10.7 million over five years (including projected inflation), raising the OCI to 78 would cost about $12 million over five years, and achieving an OCI near 90 would require roughly $73 million over five years. Staff said the village typically applies about $1.7 million per year from Motor Fuel Tax funding to resurfacing projects, supplemented by other funds when water or storm projects require resurfacing.
Manager Fondilis stressed the village is in a "sweet spot" where past maintenance and available funding support the current target; he asked the board to confirm whether they wanted to keep the present level of service or change it. Several trustees said they preferred to keep the status quo and asked staff to return with updated results as the village collects more assessment data.
Staff said the next full pavement assessment cycle is planned for 2027 and that Scenario Builder will be used to refine multi-year budgeting and project selection going forward.
