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Council briefed on Tigard's pavement management program; staff outlines slurry, chip-seal and rehab priorities
Summary
Project manager Nicole George briefed the council on Tigard's pavement management program Jan. 14, reviewing the city's pavement-condition index, treatment types (crack seal, slurry, chip seal, grind-and-inlay, full-depth repair) and planned 2025 work. Staff emphasized the long-term cost benefits of preserving roads at higher condition levels.
Project Manager Nicole George told the City Council on Jan. 14 that Tigard's pavement management program aims to maintain a citywide pavement condition index (PCI) near 80 by combining preventive surface treatments and targeted rehabilitation. The program is funded by the city's street maintenance fee, collected through utility billing.
"PCI is a scale of 0 to 100, and 0 being terrible and 1 being freshly paved," George said, and she reported the city's average PCI at roughly 80. She described the program's toolbox: crack seal, slurry seal for residential streets, chip seal for higher-traffic commercial corridors,…
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