Council approves advertisement of 2025 pavement rehabilitation project focused on Lead Park area

Public Works staff presented the results of the city—s December 2024 pavement assessment: an overall Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of 64, down from 68 in 2020. The PCI target for Half Moon Bay is 85. The consultant estimated that fully addressing the pavement backlog would cost roughly $10 million; staff said that number would increase to about $15 million when spread over five years and accounting for inflation and additional costs.

Because of seasonal constraints on slurry sealing, staff proposed that this year's work focus on rehabilitation (cold milling and asphalt overlay) across roughly 200,000 square feet in the Lead Park neighborhood (eight streets). Rehabilitation treatments cost more per-square-foot than slurry seal but are more resilient than leaving deteriorated pavements untreated. Staff estimated a $1 million project budget drawn from State SB1 (gas tax) funds and San Mateo County Measure A/W allocations.

Public comment raised concern about long-neglected streets such as Belleville, which has a very low PCI and would require reconstruction rather than rehabilitation. Staff acknowledged the backlog of reconstruction needs and said reconstruction is costly and can lower the citywide PCI if not paired with other work; staff suggested seeking grants (for example, active-transportation or complete-streets programs) and planning Belleville as a candidate for a future capital project.

Staff also proposed options to reduce future trenching on freshly paved streets, including coordinating timing with permitted developers and pursuing a limited encroachment moratorium in freshly paved areas. The council voted to authorize the city manager to advertise the fiscal year 2025-26 pavement management project for construction.