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Public Works lays out five-year resurfacing plan; department asks board to consider increased funding

Manchester Board Mayor & Aldermen · December 3, 2024
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Summary

Public Works presented a five-year resurfacing plan covering about 20% of Manchester's roads, detailed condition-assessment methodology and said $12 million per year would begin to close a backlog created by inflation and flat funding; aldermen probed ward equity, materials and staffing constraints.

Deputy Public Works Director Owen Frangray and Chief Highway Engineer Caleb Dobbins presented the city's roadway resurfacing program, describing how pavement-condition indices, traffic volume and utility coordination shape a five-year resurfacing plan.

Dobbins told the Board the city has roughly 413 center-line miles and the department uses a consultant vehicle that drives the network every three years to gather PCI (pavement condition index) data. He said typical treatment options include crack sealing, microsurfacing (a thin…

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