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Encinitas council approves preliminary FY25–26 pavement list, favors rehabilitation approach
Summary
Council selected the rehabilitation-focused street list (mill-and-overlay emphasis) for the FY25–26 pavement program, with staff to finalize design and return with a bid-ready list; Glen Arbor and Parkdale Lane were added as alternates.
The Encinitas City Council approved a preliminary street list for the fiscal year 2025–26 pavement rehabilitation program on Tuesday, choosing a rehabilitation emphasis that prioritizes mill-and-overlay work on arterials and collectors while supplementing residential preservation efforts with slurry seal.
Deputy Mayor Lyons moved to approve the staff-recommended ‘‘rehabilitation emphasis’’ (mill-and-overlay primary) after staff briefed council on two options: (1) a rehabilitation emphasis using mill-and-overlay on major roads (approximate cost $310,000 per lane mile) and targeted slurry seals on local streets, and (2) a maintenance emphasis that uses more slurry seal (approximate cost $45,000 per lane mile) to temporarily raise the citywide pavement condition index (PCI).
Staff reported the citywide PCI is currently about 70 and described the city’s strategic objective to achieve a PCI of 75 within five to 10 years. The council was told the current preliminary budget for the program is about $5.1 million plus a $600,000 allocation recently added by council; staff said that funding would not by itself reverse a long-term downward trend in PCI without substantially larger recurring funding.
The council approved option 1 and directed staff to initiate design work and present a final street list in the fall that will include base-bid streets and alternates. Council members asked staff to return with supporting detail when the list returns for final authorization: lane miles for each segment, estimated bid-ready costs, the next 10–20 candidate streets that would be next in line if additional funds become available, and updated PCI results expected from a new field survey this summer (survey results were expected in September). Council also added Glen Arbor and Parkdale Lane as potential add-alternates to be considered during bidding and construction if funding or bid results permit.
Public commenters urged prioritizing streets near schools and heavy pedestrian corridors and asked that staff coordinate paving schedules to avoid post-construction utility trenching; staff said utility trench moratoriums are currently five years for mill-and-overlay and three years for slurry seal.
Staff will begin coring and design work and return to council with a final, bid-ready list and the project’s base/alternate bid packages.
