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Committee to seek 10-year pavement plan; members debate wider striping for safety
Summary
The committee approved moving forward with a $233,035 base contract to create a 10-year pavement preservation plan (ICE) and discussed widening roadway striping to 6 inches on primary routes to improve safety, citing FHWA findings.
County engineers told the committee they selected ICE to prepare a 10-year pavement preservation plan and will pursue intergovernmental agreements so municipalities share the cost. "Included in that fee proposal was a base amount of $233,035 to collect the county roads and do a 10 year pavement preservation plan," Brian Bauer said.
Bauer said ICE also proposed an alternate $63,900 inventory to document signs, raised pavement markings and striping quality; that alternate would bring the full contract to $322,995, with municipalities picking up their shares and the county CTC committing to the base $233,035.
Committee members then discussed striping width as a low-cost safety measure. Members cited studies showing wider striping increases visibility and improves safety on higher-speed, primary corridors. "When we do the resurfacing, if it's a primary road or something more high volume, higher speeds, doing 6 inches," Bauer said; other members cited FHWA work supporting wider striping.
Bauer said the plan is to bring IGAs to council in August and aim for a notice to proceed in mid-September if committee and council approvals follow the schedule.
Next steps: staff will present IGAs and the contract to the PFC in August and then to full council; municipalities will be asked to confirm their contributions.
