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Consultants tell Crest Hill council pavement condition improved; reaching target condition would require roughly double current funding
Summary
Consultants told the Crest Hill City Council that the citywide pavement PCI rose from 51 in 2020 to 61 in 2025 and presented scenarios showing the current $3.35M annual pavement budget would raise the PCI only modestly; reaching a PCI of 70 would require an estimated ~$6.7M per year, while eliminating the backlog was modeled at about $11.3M per year.
The Crest Hill City Council opened a public hearing May 4 on updates to the city’s pavement management program and heard a data-driven presentation from Applied Pavement Technology, CMAP and the city engineer.
City engineer Ron Wiedemann introduced the consultants, who described a 2025 pavement inventory and condition rating that produced an area-weighted pavement condition index (PCI) of 61 across the city’s roughly 51 centerline miles. ‘‘That puts the city in fair condition,’’ the consultant said, noting the network PCI rose from 51 in 2020 to 61 in 2025.
Luis Abaha, program manager for Applied Pavement Technology,…
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