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City staff say preservation is key after PCI drop; full repairs would cost hundreds of millions
Summary
Public works staff presented preliminary PCI results showing lower scores in 2025 versus 2022, noted vendor change may explain some variance, and said about $741 million would be needed to bring all streets to top condition; staff urged focusing on preservation techniques because the city’s annual revenue (~$20M from a half‑cent sales tax) cannot fund full reconstruction.
Public‑works staff on April 21 walked the Topeka infrastructure committee through the city’s pavement condition index (PCI) methodology, recent preliminary results and a pavement‑preservation strategy that staff said is more cost‑effective than waiting for streets to reach the end of their life cycle.
“PCI gets thrown in a lot. I just thought it’d be helpful to find what is pave PCI,” Jason said, explaining that PCI is a surface‑based index derived from laser scans and that the city has done systemwide scanning every three years since 2016. Jason said the 2025 results showed a decline from 2022, particularly on concrete…
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