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Arvada pavement manager and CAPA warn of severe backlog; estimated $20M yearly gap to meet resurfacing goals
Summary
City pavement staff told council Arvada maintains over 1,500 lane miles and replaced 389 ADA curb ramps this year; CAPA data put Arvada’s average PQI at about 44 (state average ~69) and estimated roughly $20 million more per year is needed to reach sustainable pavement targets.
Ben (pavement manager) told the council Arvada maintains more than 1,500 paved lane miles and described the city’s pavement management goals—resurface every 20 years, touch 5% of the network each year (about 75 lane miles) and expand preventive surface treatments.
Ben said the city resurfaced roughly 2% of the network this year (about 30 lane miles) at a cost of roughly $8 million and that increasing resurfacing to 5% would cost approximately $20 million annually. He said surface treatments covered about 9% of the network this year at a cost around $2 million, and that increasing concrete…
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