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Newark staff outline pavement management plan, say $4 million annual spending keeps roads from deteriorating faster
Summary
Public Works Director Howard Young presented Newark’s pavement management approach, described Pavement Condition Index scoring, treatment types and funding sources, and highlighted a multi‑phase Thornton Avenue overlay supported by $3 million in congressional community project funds.
City staff on April 24 gave an informational presentation on Newark’s pavement management program, explaining how the city scores pavement condition, selects treatments and funds annual maintenance of its road network.
“Our road network is one of our greatest assets, and it needs annual care to keep it in serviceable condition,” Howard Young, Newark’s public works director, told the City Council. Young described the Pavement Condition Index (PCI), a 0–100 rating system used regionally to evaluate pavement condition and prioritize repairs.
Young said Newark has 104.5 centerline miles of roadway (about 162 lane miles) and that the city’s 2022 average PCI was 72, compared with a statewide average of 65 in the most recent…
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