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City outlines four‑year street maintenance plan and PCI method; open house planned May 28
Summary
Public Works presented College Station’s pavement condition index (PCI) approach, current city average PCI (88), four‑year repaving plan, funding sources (roadway maintenance fee and general fund) and a May 28 public open house for detailed maps and feedback.
Emily Fischer, Public Works, gave a technical briefing on May 8 about how the city evaluates and selects streets for maintenance and reconstruction. She said crews and consultants assess pavement once per year using the Army Corps‑derived Pavement Condition Index (PCI), which scores streets from 0–100; the city’s average PCI is 88 and roughly half the streets score 90 or better.
Fischer explained the city uses sub‑area weighted PCI averages to prioritize multi‑year work and coordinates reconstruction behind utility capital projects to avoid tearing up recently completed work. She said about 75% of maintained centerline miles are asphalt and 25% concrete; properly maintained asphalt streets can last roughly 20 years and concrete longer (30–40 years depending on conditions). Funding sources for reconstruction include the roadway maintenance fee on utility bills (the roadway maintenance fund) and a general fund street maintenance allocation; Fischer said the most recent roadway maintenance budget was about $6.4 million plus roughly $4 million in general‑fund street maintenance personnel/equipment dollars.
The department has a multi‑year map of current and planned projects and will host a street‑maintenance open house on May 28 (6:00–7:30 p.m., Bush 4141) with large maps and staff to explain specific street selections and collect neighborhood feedback (presentation, SEG 362–644).
