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Public Works details 2025 pavement work and says $10 million a year is needed to keep up
Summary
Capital improvements manager Chris Clerks told the advisory committee the 2025 pavement program replaced or repaired hundreds of concrete slabs, expanded targeted joint repairs and asphalt maintenance, and that the city needs roughly $10 million annually to keep pavement assets from degrading faster than staff can repair them.
At the March 18 meeting of the Public Works Advisory Committee, Chris Clerks, the city’s capital improvements manager, reviewed the 2025 pavement program and an update to the city’s pavement manual, saying the city will post the updated manual in April and that the program needs substantially more annual funding to keep pace.
Clerks said the city’s road network is a multi‑hundred‑million‑dollar asset with more than 720 lane miles to maintain. He reported that in 2025 the concrete program touched roughly 90 street sections and replaced just over 1,900 concrete slabs, while targeted joint repairs (partial‑depth repair, PDR) and hot‑applied mastic were used in multiple subdivisions to extend service life. The 2025 asphalt work included mill‑and‑overlay and preventative…
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