Street pavement program
About the program
The City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency maintains over 400 centerline miles of roadway, or 1,130 lane miles when factoring in the multiple lanes of various roadway types as part of its Street Pavement Program. This equates to 91 million square feet of pavement that requires ongoing maintenance.
Emergency roadway repairs and potholes can be minimized if sufficient funding is available for roadway paving annually. The City utilizes a pavement management program (PMP) to provide an accurate inventory of pavement conditions and prioritizes cost-effective roadway repairs based on available funding such that the City maximizes the return on investment and provides the best overall pavement infrastructure.
As part of the PMP, the City utilizes a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) to establish the condition of the pavement of each street segment. The PCI is a numerical index based on field verified conditions and helps establish cost effective roadway repairs based on available funding. The PCI is a measurement between 0 and 100 (0 meaning very poor street pavement condition and 100 meaning excellent street pavement condition).
Note: a lower PCI does not necessarily mean that a street will be paved before one with a higher PCI. Other factors such as restricted grant funds, traffic volumes, and proximity to certain uses such as schools, play a key role in the decision process for when streets will be rehabilitated.
The City of Santa Ana has launched a GIS dashboard to help residents stay informed regarding the Street Pavement Program. This user-friendly tool provides a visual overview of the PMP, including the PCI for every street in the city. In addition to showing current pavement conditions, the dashboard also identifies streets that are under pavement moratorium. The data used to generate this dashboard is collected every two years and provides a snapshot of the pavement conditions. Below is the dashboard that shows the pavement condition index for every street in the City of Santa Ana.
You may also view the dashboard by clicking on the link below:
City of Santa Ana PMP Dashboard
Reports
A fully-integrated PMP has had a positive effect on improving the City’s entire pavement network by developing efficient Maintenance and Repair (M&R) strategies and analyzing the effect of various funding alternatives on the pavement conditions. The strategies include forecasting optimal time for M&R needs, providing cost-effective alternatives for halting the deterioration of existing pavement, improving the overall condition of the entire pavement network, and reducing the backlog of M&R work over the next seven years.
To carry forward one of the City’s main objectives in providing a safe, reliable, efficient, and comfortable driving environment, this PMP report analyzes various M&R strategies, the effect of the City’s existing Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funding on the street pavement system, and projected funding to both maintain and improve existing PCI. This citywide the PMP report, which is updated biennially, are shown in the links below.