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Salinas mayor and city engineer outline $6 million-a-year pavement management plan
Summary
Mayor Dennis Donio and Adriana Robles, assistant public works director and city engineer, described the city's pavement management program, saying the council approved the plan in 2024 and that about $6,000,000 a year will target arterial road repairs while some funds are set aside for residential streets, ADA upgrades and sewer coordination.
Mayor Dennis Donio and Adriana Robles, the city's assistant public works director and city engineer, briefed residents about Salinas' pavement management program, saying it was developed two years ago and approved by the city council in 2024.
Robles said the program creates a systematic, predictable approach to road repairs so the public, contractors and utilities know priorities instead of relying on ad-hoc requests. "The pavement management program is actually relatively new," she said, and it establishes how the city assesses conditions and decides where to invest.
Robles told listeners that most of the program's funding'about $6,000,000 a year'is focused on repairing arterial roadways, generally one road at a time, while the council also asked staff to set aside some funds for residential streets. She emphasized that "pavement" refers to the roadway surface, but that allocations for roadway projects can include signs, striping and ADA work such as curb ramp upgrades.
The pair also discussed coordination with sewer work: Robles said the city prefers to perform sewer improvements before repaving in locations where the roadway will be opened, to avoid repeated disruptions. On repair techniques, Robles described options ranging from crack sealing and pothole repair to patching and full resurfacing, and explained staff use five-year lists and pavement-condition assessments to choose cost-effective treatments.
Robles said crack sealing is a key preventive measure because it limits water penetration that accelerates pavement deterioration. The city is also evaluating specialized equipment to improve pothole-repair productivity. "We're kind of raising the bottom," Robles said of the program's strategy to target the worst pavement to improve overall network condition rather than only maintaining the best streets.
Donio thanked Robles for the explanation and said the city hopes to have good news for the community soon. No formal decisions or votes were taken during the briefing.
