Wheat Ridge outlines 2025 CIP and adopts pavement-management approach after citywide scan

Wheat Ridge public works staff presented an overview of the 2025 Capital Improvement Program and a citywide pavement-rating analysis at the Jan. 6 study session, introducing the CIP team and outlining project schedules and budget implications for pavement management.

Public Works Director Maria (first name used in the meeting) and CIP program staff told council the city had consolidated CIP responsibilities within Public Works and formed a small team to focus on project delivery and pavement-management work. Kent Kisselman, CIP program manager, summarized projects that staff expect to design or construct in 2025, and said the program’s 2025 projects total about $33 million in planned work.

Staff described a citywide pavement-condition survey performed with automated data collection and StreetLogix software. "Overall, you can see there our network OCI or PCI is 66, which isn't bad," Maria said, citing the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) scale used to rank pavement from 0 (failed) to 100…