What is the process of road selection for receiving pavement maintenance?

There are a number of factors that go into a decision to perform road maintenance on a roadway. They include, (in no particular order): Road condition, traffic volume, length of roadway needing repair, type of repair required, and underground utility (water / sewer / power…) issues. Historically with a very limited budget, the City was limited to work on (largely) the highest traffic volume streets in order to extend the dollars as far as possible. With a more stable budget, road maintenance will include a combination of reconstruction (high cost / high work effort / lowest condition roadway), pavement grinding and patching (moderate cost / moderate effort / moderate condition roadway), and pavement preservation (lower cost / lower effort / better condition roadway).

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1. How are street pavement maintenance projects paid for?
2. Is there enough Gas Tax Funds to maintain the road system of most cities?
3. How much does it cost to pave a road?
4. How is the City’s street network condition measured?
5. What is the City’s overall Pavement Condition Index (PCI) ranking?
6. Are the City of Eureka’s streets doomed to be horrible?
7. What is the process of road selection for receiving pavement maintenance?
8. What is the paving plan now that there are additional maintenance dollars?
9. How soon will the work start?