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Transportation staff outline 20-year preservation plan, PCI 47; MCOG to study sales-tax option for roads
Summary
The county described its 20-year pavement maintenance plan (PCI 47 in 2022), capital projects and a potential countywide sales-tax measure; Mendocino Council of Governments will hire a consultant to test voter feasibility for a 1-cent sales tax that staff says could fund long-term work on additional surfaced roads.
Transportation leaders told the Board of Supervisors they are continuing a 20-year corrective and preventative maintenance plan for surfaced roads while exploring a local sales-tax measure to address unmet pavement needs.
Director of Transportation Howard DeShield (presentation team) said the county maintains 1,016 miles of county roads and is in year seven of a board-approved 20-year corrective/preventative maintenance plan funded with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funds created by Senate Bill 1. The county's pavement condition index (PCI) was 47 in 2022, compared with a statewide average of 65; the county report cites a 2022 statewide needs assessment that estimated $574 million of unmet pavement needs in the county over 10…
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