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City staff outline success of Norman's 2021 street maintenance bond and propose 2026 renewal
Summary
Public works staff told the committee the 2021 street maintenance bond has improved pavement condition citywide, freed up savings to apply to remaining projects, and recommended renewing the five-year maintenance bond in 2026 as a no-new-tax renewal.
City public works staff told the Community Planning and Transportation Committee on Sept. 25 that Norman's voter-approved street maintenance bond program has raised the citywide pavement condition and that staff plan to propose a 2026 renewal structured as a no-new-tax continuation.
Scott Suresh, director of public works, and Joe Hill, streets program manager, gave a history of the bond program and results from the current cycle. The program, staff said, began in 2005, is structured as five-year bond cycles, and focuses on maintaining existing streets through a combination of urban and rural asphalt treatments, concrete panel replacement, reconstruction where necessary and preventive maintenance such as crack sealing.
Staff said the city's pavement condition index (PCI) now averages about 77, a figure they described as strong compared with…
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