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Paducah plans full street reinspection in 2026 after budget increases stabilize pavement conditions
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City engineers say a 100% reinspection of Paducah's streets is slated for 2026 after 2024'025 sampling showed modest improvements; roughly half the city's streets remain below the city's critical pavement condition threshold.
Paducah city officials said the city will re-inspect 100% of its streets in 2026 to update a pavement-condition baseline and guide rehabilitation work, after annual sampling in 2024 and 2025 showed modest improvement following recent budget increases.
"The city of Paducah has approximately 200 miles of streets in the PAVER database," said Megan Mansfield, chief growth officer for BFW Markham Engineering, citing the firm's pavement condition index (PCI) work for the city. Mansfield said the database represents roughly 400 directional miles of roadway and that the city inspected about 20% of those streets in both 2024 and 2025.
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