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Killeen outlines 2026 pavement overlay strategy and warns funding gap could worsen road conditions
Summary
City engineers presented a pavement management plan that projects road-condition declines under current funding and described a targeted 2026 overlay program; staff said maintaining a higher pavement condition would require roughly $9.38 million per year versus the current $4 million.
City public works staff presented the city's 2026 pavement overlay strategy May 5, describing how pavement condition index (PCI) scores inform whether streets receive crack sealing, slurry, micro-paving or full mill-and-overlay work.
Public works explained that the city's annual pavement maintenance funding is currently about $4 million; under that funding the city's overall PCI would likely decline and residential streets would fall toward more costly reconstruction needs. Staff said a target that maintains higher PCI levels would require about $9.38 million annually.
"When we look at 1 to a 100, our overall goal that we've been wanting to set ourselves is to maintain an average PCI for all the roads... to be 77," the presenter said. "Funding scenario 2... we would have to be spending on average $9,380,000 a year for maintenance."
Staff reviewed the specific 2026 program area by district and said the plan clusters residential streets to reduce contractor mobilization costs. Priority work this summer includes mill-and-overlay segments on major arterials and consolidated residential neighborhoods; Bunny Trail was highlighted as a large, expensive arterial project.
Council members asked about public notification and vehicle removal during overlays. Public works said contractors typically provide door tags and signs a week or two in advance and that vehicles remaining during milling and asphalt operations will be towed; staff also noted the city's in-house crews and small paving machine handle pothole and minor repairs outside contract work.
The presentation framed the overlay program as a balancing act between limited annual maintenance funding and the long-term costs of allowing roads to deteriorate to the point of reconstruction.
