Burleson details 2024–25 street maintenance: new 'pressure‑pave' pilot, overlays and crack seal work

Burleson’s public works staff reported on the city’s 2024–25 street maintenance program Monday, highlighting a mix of traditional overlays and a new treatment called pressure‑pave.

Deputy Director Justin Scharnhorst told the council that the city set aside a designated street maintenance fund of $1.6 million and supplemented it with about $700,000 from maintenance and operations to bring total resources to the program. He said work this year included roughly 3.3 miles pressure‑paved through a contractor pilot, 12 mill‑and‑overlay segments totaling about four miles, more than 8.7 miles of crack seal and concrete repairs on major thoroughfares.

Scharnhorst said the pressure‑pave product is new to Burleson and estimated roughly a 10‑year service life for those segments; the city inspected comparable installations in nearby municipalities before choosing the contractor. He described the mix of treatments as a balance between cost‑effectiveness and long‑term needs: mill and overlay for sections requiring deeper reconstruction, pressure‑pave or crack seal for surface life extension, and concrete repairs where structural work is needed.

Council members commended the public works team for responsiveness and asked technical questions about striping, program budgeting and selection criteria for treatment types. Scharnhorst said striping is managed through a separate budget but was included when required for specific improvement projects. He said staff will return with contract considerations and procurement steps relating to the neighborhood street program next fiscal year.

The council received the report and expressed general satisfaction with the work completed; no final action was required.