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Oak Ridge staff warn roads losing ground: study puts PCI at 57, suggests $3M+ annual investment to improve conditions
Summary
A city road survey found Oak Ridge's pavement-condition index around 57; staff told council that continuing current paving levels (about $1.7M) will slowly lose ground and that roughly $3'.5M annually would move the city toward a target PCI of 65 over 20 years. Staff also updated council on CMAQ/multimodal sidewalk and signal projects and related grant funding shortfalls.
City public-works staff presented results of a road-condition study and recommended a broader preservation program to avoid costlier reconstruction later. "Pavement condition index looks at roads on scale 1 to 100... We're at a 57," staff member Patrick told the council, explaining that preservation treatments are orders of magnitude cheaper than resurfacing or reconstruction and that many city streets can be salvaged if addressed now.
Patrick described the classification used in the analysis: roads above 86 need little preservation; roads 70+ are in good shape and suitable for preventative maintenance; roads in the…
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