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El Paso County emphasizes preservation to extend road life, reports PCI gains
Summary
El Paso County engineer Josh Palmer outlined a long-term paving and preservation strategy that prioritizes maintaining good roads, cites a pavement condition index (PCI) just under 72, and described typical annual paving budgets and contractor capacity limits.
El Paso County engineer Josh Palmer said the county is shifting from a "worst-to-first" repair approach to a preservation-first strategy intended to extend pavement life and reduce long-term costs. "By maintaining a road now, you can defer the cost," Palmer said, noting preservation can extend a pavement's life from about 20 years to as much as 40 or 50 years in some cases.
Palmer explained how the county uses the pavement condition index (PCI), a 0-to-100 industry metric adopted in 2022, to guide preservation and paving decisions. He said the county's multi-year goal is to raise the average PCI by about 1.1 points per year; that target has been met or exceeded for the past four…
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