Hermosa Beach Pavement Management update: city must nearly double annual funding to hold current pavement condition; Pier Avenue paving scheduled for April

Public Works staff presented Hermosa Beach’s updated pavement management plan (PMP) and recommended increasing annual pavement funding to stabilize street conditions.

Senior engineer Hee Cho Kwon said the latest PMP (field observations October 2024; report completed January 2025) puts the citywide average Pavement Condition Index (PCI) at about 68, down from 70 in the 2021 study. The PMP maps condition by segment and models four funding scenarios. At the city’s current approximate annual pavement spending of $1.5 million, the model projects a decline in average PCI; to hold the PCI at its present level (68) the city would need about $3.1 million per year over the next 10 years (roughly $31 million total). Under an “unlimited” funding scenario the consultant estimated a 10-year total of about $42.3 million that would raise average PCI into the mid-80s; a “do nothing” scenario would see PCI fall into the failed…