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Consultants present Eureka transportation plan, urge "keep your good roads good" preservation strategy
Summary
Consultants presented a CIB-funded transportation study and interactive GIS site for Eureka, describing automated pavement assessments and traffic counts and recommending a preservation-first pavement program; the full city treatment plan is estimated at about $1.53 million before mobilization costs.
A consultant team presented the results of a CIB-funded transportation study for Eureka, saying the project combined traffic counts, pavement imaging and state crash data into an online GIS report for council and the public to review. The team said the data collection began in July and included automated tube traffic counts and pavement imagery every 10 feet that an algorithm rates with an EMI scale. "We started this back in July of last year," the lead presenter said, describing the data "thrown into what we call a sandbox" for analysis.
The consultants explained that EMI is a 1-to-5 score (1 best, 5 worst) and reported an average city score of 3.31. They recommended a preservation-first approach: use crack seal and chip seal to maintain good roads first, repave mid-condition streets around 2030, and reserve full reconstruction for the worst segments in later years. "Keep your good roads good," the presenter said, arguing that preventative work reduces longer-term reconstruction costs. The team estimated that treating every street per the plan would cost roughly $1,530,000 (not including contractor mobilization or contingency) and outlined funding pathways including CIB and UDOT programs and the need to route the adopted map through Planning & Zoning and a public hearing before final adoption.
