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Council reviews new citywide street assessment contract to guide five-year resurfacing plan
Summary
Councilmembers and staff discussed a proposed master services agreement to refresh the citywide pavement assessment, prioritize resurfacing and provide cost estimates for a five-year program.
Mobile City staff told councilmembers they have new field data for the citywide street assessment and proposed a master services agreement to develop prioritized maps and tighter cost estimates for the next five-year resurfacing program.
The assessment contract (introduced as a resolution) would take previously collected pavement-condition data, perform a deeper dive into estimates and produce district-level maps with dollar figures so council members can match projects to available funding. Staff said about $63 million has been spent on resurfacing over the last five years and that the new contract will account for cost increases since the program’s initial pre-COVID plan.
Why it matters: City officials said the assessment makes paving decisions more objective, helps prioritize work across high-traffic thoroughfares and residential streets, and reduces the chance of costly repairs by addressing subsurface problems before resurfacing.
Officials said the assessment covers all city-maintained streets, including recently annexed areas. Staff explained streets age differently depending on traffic volume, underground utility work, tree roots and other subsurface issues; the contract will help identify where repairs must include drainage or substructure work rather than only surface paving.
Staff described deliverables including color-coded maps and cost estimates for district-based five-year plans and task orders to produce preconstruction services and detailed pricing for selected streets. The contract referenced on the agenda would be a master services agreement to provide those estimating services and enable the city to generate task orders for district-specific work.
Actions and next steps: The agenda included a resolution (01645) to authorize a master services agreement with a consulting firm for a citywide street assessment (contract value in agenda: $420,000). Staff said fieldwork results had just been received and that they would schedule follow-up meetings with each councilmember to develop district programs. No final council vote was recorded during the pre-meeting.
Clarifying details cited in discussion: about $63,000,000 spent on resurfacing over the prior five years; typical heavy-use streets may need resurfacing on a roughly seven-year cycle; residential streets may last 10–12 years; the assessment produces color-coded maps (green/yellow/red) for visual prioritization.
