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County approves road resurfacing list

San Diego County has approved its preliminary list of road segments to be resurfaced.

A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote, April 7, adopted a resolution with the list of projects to be funded by fiscal year 2021-2022 Road Repair and Accountability Act revenue. The road segments include 12 in Fallbrook, two in Bonsall, one in Pauma Valley and one in Rainbow.

The Road Repair and Accountability Act was passed by the California Legislature in 2017 and raised the gas tax by 12 cents per gallon while raising annual vehicle registration fees from $25 to $175 based on vehicle value. The stipulations require that local governments submit a list of projects to be funded by Road Repair and Accountability Act revenue to the California Transportation Commission. The county’s Department of Public Works is anticipating $42.2 million of Road Repair and Accountability Act funding during 2021-2022, and if the list is unchanged 110.9 centerline miles throughout the unincorporated county will be resurfaced.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers developed a pavement condition index which utilizes specialized vehicles with downward-facing cameras to inspect roads and determine the road condition. The county’s average PCI was adversely affected by rising construction costs, decreases in state funding and declining gas tax revenue due to more fuel-efficient cars and electric vehicles. The PCI average fell from 71 in 2010 to 60 in 2016. The county’s intent in 2017 was to use the Road Repair and Accountability Act money to restore the PCI average to 70, and before the coronavirus shutdown the plan was to have an average PCI of 65 during fiscal year 2020-2021. The revised budget reduced the planned average PCI to 63.

“Our PCI has stagnated,” Supervisor Jim Desmond said.

“It’s fallen the last couple of years,” Desmond said. “I’d like to see efforts to improve that.”

A road with a PCI of 71 to 100 is considered very good, and those roads need only routine maintenance. A segment with a PCI of 51 to 70 is considered good, and sealing is the primary remediation method. Roads with a PCI of 26 to 50 are considered poor, and an overlay is used to restore those roads. Streets with a PCI of 25 or lower are considered very poor and require major rehabilitation including the removal of all asphalt and the subgrade base.

“It ends up costing us more in the long run,” Desmond said.

DPW uses a pavement management system which incorporates field review, resident and community input and mechanical test data to determine which roads are most in need of resurfacing. The structural deterioration of pavement is measured visibly by assessing the degree and type of cracking, the surface deterioration and the surface defects.

All of the Greater Fallbrook roads in the resurfacing plan will have overlay treatment which will have a life expectancy of 10 to 15 years following the repaving.

The Fallbrook roads expected to be repaved are 1.60 miles of Alvarado Street from Live Oak Park Road to Mercedes Road, 0.85 miles of Gavilan Mountain Road between Rock Mountain Drive and the end of the county-maintained road, 0.19 miles of Hillcrest Lane between Iowa Street and the end of the county-maintained road, 0.93 miles of Live Oak Park Road from Reche Road to Alvarado Street, 0.04 miles of the Live Oak Park “Y” between Live Oak Park Road and Reche Road, 0.35 miles of Olive Avenue between Porter Street and the cul-de-sac, 0.13 miles of Orange Avenue from Porter Street to the cul-de-sac, 0.20 miles of Pankey Road between State Route 76 and the cul-de-sac, 0.07 miles of Pheasant Valley Court from Olive Avenue to the cul-de-sac, 1.33 miles of Rock Mountain Drive between Sandia Creek Drive and the end of the county-maintained road, 1.46 miles of Sandia Creek Drive from Riveredge Road to the end of the county-maintained road and 0.29 miles of Shearer Crossing from Pankey Road to Dulin Road.

The Bonsall road segments slated for resurfacing are 0.89 miles of Barsby Street from the Goodwin Drive cul-de-sac to the Vista city limit and 1.92 miles of Champagne Boulevard between Old Castle Road and Champagne Village Drive.

The Pauma Valley resurfacing will be on 1.14 miles of South Grade Road between Cattle Guard 3 and Milepost 44.0.

In Rainbow, 0.87 miles of Old Highway 395 between Rainbow Glen Road and Second Street will be repaved.

The California Transportation Commission allows changes to the list of roads to be funded with Road Repair and Accountability Act money. DPW will undertake a design process including in-depth road reviews and coordination with utilities, community groups and other stakeholders. Information collected during the design process will be used to determine the final list. After DPW develops a final list the resurfacing will return to the Board of Supervisors for authorization to advertise and award one or more construction contracts for the resurfacing work.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at [email protected].

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Joe Naiman has been writing for the Village News since 2001

 

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