5 Year Pavement Rehabilitation Plan

Note: This is a flexible plan that absolutely will fluctuate over time due to budgets, condition of individual roadways, or other unforeseen circumstances. There is every possibility if not certainty that one road will deteriorate on an accelerated level and need to be moved forward, or that utility work may require a delay for a roadway, etc. All road repair is subject to reprioritization or cancellation in the case cuts to major funding sources.

Key Points

Following nearly two years of data gathering, the City of Ridgecrest has created a 5 Year Pavement Rehabilitation Plan which discusses the funding utilized, methods employed, and outlines both the historically completed maintenance, rehabilitation and paving, as well as the tentative plan for the next 5 years.

  • The City maintains 129 centerline miles of paved roadway; at a estimated value of $100 million. 
  • Since 2012, the City has resurfaced 50 centerline miles (39% of all roadways)/42% of the total road surface area.
  • The City's PCI (Pavement Condition Index, scale of 1-100), based on an evaluation of all City streets, has gone from 23.5 in 2011 to 54.9 in 2015 and 62 currently (2021).
  • Measure V is the single largest and primary funding source available to maintain City streets.