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City unveils data-driven street plan; software rates Perry roads at PCI 76 and maps 2025 projects
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Summary
Perry staff and consultant demonstrated StreetScan and StreetLogix tools that produced a pavement‑condition index (PCI) of about 76 for the city's 28 miles of roads, a maintenance backlog estimate near $6.4 million and a prioritized multi‑year plan; the package will be used to bid 2025 projects and to post a public‑facing map of planned work.
Perry — City staff and a pavement consultant presented a new data‑driven street‑maintenance program May 22, using StreetScan imagery and StreetLogix modeling to prioritize repairs and set a multi‑year budget strategy.
A data baseline: Consultant Brandon Jones said the company’s high‑resolution StreetScan imagery produces a pavement‑condition index (PCI) for each road segment; Perry’s current network score, he said, is about 76 on a 0–100 scale. “Your overall index is a 76,” Jones told council members. The consultant said Perry maintains about 28 miles of roadway and that the software’s initial backlog estimate — the cost to fully treat every recommended segment — is in the neighborhood of $6.4 million.
How the model works: StreetLogix applies explicit decision rules (for example, when to apply a cape seal versus a mill and overlay or a full reconstruction) and projects how a road’s PCI will age over time if untreated. Jones emphasized that proactive maintenance costs far less than reconstructing failed pavement: “The cost to rebuild that road is about 10 times the price of just doing small maintenance treatments,” he said. The platform lets staff define local policy choices — prioritize collector streets, limit how frequently a given treatment may be applied, or avoid disruptive chip seals in sensitive neighborhoods — and then run thousands of budget scenarios to show which set of projects will most efficiently raise the citywide PCI.
Planned projects and budgeting: Staff said the city has grouped adjacent segments to make contractor bids practical and that the 2025 program is nearly bid‑ready; staff will roll remaining FY2025 project allocations into the FY2026 spending package so that the total out for bid equals roughly $1.7 million this coming season (staff said roughly $700,000 in this year’s appropriations will be carried forward). The consultant ran a 15‑year scenario assuming roughly $800,000 a year (with modest inflation) and showed the model holding Perry’s overall PCI in the mid‑70s over the long run if that level of investment continues.
Public interface and future scans: Staff said the plan is to publish a version of the map for public viewing and to rescan the network periodically so the model can be recalibrated. Jones recommended a rescan cadence of about three years initially to verify assumptions; if the approach tracks the real‑world outcomes, the interval can lengthen. City staff told the council they will start the bidding and will continue to refine the StreetLogix settings to align with local construction realities.
Ending: Council members asked questions about priorities and whether the software’s output could be posted for residents. Staff said they plan to provide a public view of planned work once the five‑year plan is finalized and that bids for the 2025 program will be issued this spring/summer.