II. PRE-FUNDED TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ROADWAY PAVEMENT CONDITION (2005) In 2004, the Board placed a half-cent sales tax initiative on the general election ballot. This halfcent tax would address roadway capital maintenance backlog needs. By a narrow margin, the initiative failed. Subsequent to the failed initiative, the Board took several actions over the next three years to fund capital pavement maintenance projects with available resources. In the spring of 2005, staff completed an evaluation of the County’s roadway infrastructure condition and presented its findings to the Board. The evaluation indicated that the pavement was in a deteriorating condition and was predicted to continue to deteriorate at an accelerated rate, lending to quickly rising construction costs. Around 46% of the County’s inventory had already reached the need for major, structural, or reconstructive repair. In 2005, Alachua County had maintenance responsibility for 656 miles of paved roadway. The 2005 condition of the roadway infrastructure is shown in Table 3: 2005 Roadway Pavement Condition by Miles.
2005 ROADWAY PAVEMENT CONDITION BY MILES REPAIR NEEDED
# OF MILES
% OF TOTAL MILES
No Repair Needed
103.78 miles
16%
Minor Repair
246.39 miles
38%
Major Repair
285.13 miles
43%
Structural
6.97 miles
1%
Reconstruction
10.31 miles
2%
TOTAL
~656 miles
100%
Table 3: 2005 Roadway Pavement Condition by Miles1 Based on the roadway infrastructure condition, in 2005 staff explained the disadvantages of deferring capital maintenance further into the future. The cost estimates showed that maintaining roads in good repair was less than 30% of the cost of returning roads to good repair from poor conditions. An overall backlog cost range was estimated to be $360 million. Staff stated that the frequency of resident complaints regarding deteriorating pavement conditions would increase. Staff also presented strategies on how to begin addressing the backlog with any and all available resources.
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Section V: Current Pavement Analysis examines the pavement condition in 2010 and explains the deterioration rates from 2005 to 2010.
JUNE 24, 2010
ALACHUA COUNTY PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE REPORT
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