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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />The annual Pavement Management Report is produced to provide updated information and <br />data regarding the City of Eugene's street transportation system. This report provides surface <br />descriptions and associated mileage; current treatment programs and costs, and projects future <br />funding needs based on several scenarios. <br />The street transportation system is conservatively estimated to represent a $500 million public <br />asset. This asset is typically described in both lane miles and centerl' miles. Currently, <br />Public Works manages Eugene's 1,3181ane miles, representing 5 en line miles, within <br />the city limits. A breakdown of the street transportation systei~~ovided in terms of <br />pavement type, level of improvement, and functional classifitioii.~ Comparative statistical <br />data includes both lane and centerline miles. .~ <br />Street data is collected manually by trained staff im7~~l~ ing detailed inspections. Condition <br />inspections are performed annually on arterials and c~illectors~, and on a three-~~e~il• mating <br />schedule for residential streets. An Overall Condition 7~de~ (E~CI) score genera~;J through <br />the inspections provides the data utilized in analysis. 'n °r~;ine, a computerized pavement <br />management system (PMS) is the anal is tool utilized b} ublic Works. Analysis helps <br />in establishing efficient treatment need identifies finan plication of various <br />response strategies. Additional benefits otl~: CIS include a s et~iventory and condition <br />trends, which are. possible due to the compi~at i o n of -years of st~•cet condition information. <br />For some time, funding le«°1°s live-not kept pace ~~ ith rehabilitation needs, as evidenced by a <br />growing backlog. To help address this trend, t City established a local gas tax in 2003, <br />dedicated for a Pavemen~ Preservation Program PP). This program has supported the <br />rehabilitation of approximately 5 lane miles of str s. A funding level of $6 million for <br />preservation efforts is anticipaiec ~ • FY-08'or this report, an assumption has been <br />made that the ta.~ ~chedulcd to sur;t February 2008 will remain. Even with this <br />assume ' i, the fun ~~~ preservati~~n nips to $4.2 million annually. At the current level, <br />prese n funding is tx~t addressinb a growing backlog. A $170 million backlog existed in <br />200 , 2016, a backlog t~F ~'~? million is anticipated. A portion of the backlog <br />increase is o unprecede~lted rising costs in the petroleum industry. Current analysis in the <br />Pavement Manag~tnent Rep4~r-t includes. updated costs utilizing cost data from prior PPP <br />projects and the Oren De~rtment of Transportation: <br />The local gas tax has ~zpported implementation of the preservation program, but as supported <br />by analysis, is insufficient for stabilizing or reducing the growing backlog. Optimizing <br />funding options over a 10-year cycle for stabilizing or reducing the current backlog will <br />require financial investments of $16.5 million annually. Addressing the rehabilitation needs <br />and reconstruction backlog within the same 10-year period requires an annual funding <br />commitment of approximately $27 million. <br />