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Dodge County review outlines PACER-based pavement strategy and financing options
Summary
Presenters showed PACER-based road-condition projections and argued that combining regular resurfacing with targeted mill-and-overlay and chip sealing could lower recurring costs; they recommended more data and financing analysis before changing the county's 22-mile program.
County highway staff and consultants presented a multi-decade pavement management approach that uses PACER condition ratings to time resurfacing, mill-and-overlay and chip-seal maintenance so the county can improve average road condition without unsustainable cost spikes.
Presenter S10 laid out cost estimates used in the analysis: roughly $450,000 per mile for a 4-inch resurfacing, about $200,000 per mile for a mill-and-overlay where the base is sufficient, and about $50,000 per mile for chip sealing. S10 and S6 argued that adding proactive chip sealing…
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