Council authorizes advertising for 2026 pavement rehabilitation project estimated at $4.4M

The Moorpark City Council voted Feb. 18 to authorize advertisement for construction bids on the 2026 pavement rehabilitation project, part of the city’s five‑year pavement management plan.

City Engineer Daniel Kim said the 2026 project uses the pavement management program developed in 2022 and is intended to ‘catch up’ on deferred work after several high‑priority CIP projects delayed annual rehabilitation. The engineer’s estimate for the 2026 project is about $4.4 million and the planned funding source is the State Road Rehabilitation Fund (SB 1) with a current fund balance of about $4.7 million.

Kim explained the program’s priorities and the difference between pavement rehabilitation (preservation/sealing) and pavement reconstruction (full replacement), noting that the most degraded streets often require reconstruction, which can be orders of magnitude more expensive. “A square foot of sealing the street can be anywhere from $0.25 to $0.35 a square foot. A square foot of repaving a road can be $14 a square foot,” Kim said to illustrate the cost gap.

Council members asked about timing for subsequent surveys and project scheduling. Kim said the city expects to complete construction by late summer and then resurvey the network; a complete resurvey and new five‑year plan could take six to eight months to prepare. He confirmed that a full ‘fix‑it’ option to raise the citywide PCI to target levels had been modeled previously at roughly $35 million over five years.

The council approved the motion to proceed to advertise bids and instructed staff to return with timing and survey results after the 2026 work is finished.