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El Mirage work session reviews $47.6M CIP; council signals support for bigger street-maintenance program
Summary
City staff reviewed a $47.6 million, 25-project five-year capital improvement plan. Discussion focused on pavement management: staff recommended a $1.4M annual program and council members pressed to accelerate the schedule, floating options that would raise the program to roughly $2M per year or $10M over five years.
El Mirage council members met in a Feb. 18 work session to review the proposed five-year capital improvement plan, which staff said requests $47.6 million across 25 projects and identifies the general fund as about 52.61% of total requests.
The session's central policy discussion focused on pavement maintenance. Nick, a public works pavement manager, told the council the city maintains roughly 250 linear miles of pavement (about 1.9 million square yards) and runs a pavement-management program currently budgeted at about $1.4 million per year. He explained the life-cycle benefit of treatments such as crack sealing, slurry/seal coats, high-density mineral bond (HA5), microsurface and mill-and-overlay work, and said regular preventive work can extend pavement life substantially.
"We have about 250 linear miles of pavement, believe it or not, in our 10-square-mile city," Nick said, describing the current seven-year rotating maintenance schedule. He added that targeted treatments can push a roadway's…
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