Oxnard’s Citywide Pavement Management Program
Since the voters’ approval of Measure E, the Oxnard City Council has identified restoring proper street paving cycle as one of its five-year priorities, with the goal of reaching a 70 pavement condition index (PCI).
The Pavement Condition Index (PCI) provides a snapshot of the pavement health of a road through a surface condition-based visual analysis algorithm. It is reported on a scale of 0 to 100 (0 being worst, 100 best). Oxnard’s PCI assessments are made yearly by a contracted pavement engineering consultant. According to the most recent PMP report (utilizing inspections from 2023), the average PCI of the City’s entire road network is 67; broken into roadway functional classifications, this equates to PCIs of 73 for Arterials, 69 for Collectors, 68 for Residential, and 29 for Alleys.
The Citywide Pavement Management Program is a planning and project programming roadmap for Oxnard’s paving needs over a rolling multi-year horizon, and is further broken down into project phases. Each phase is collection of street locations that is determined by prioritization (explained below), anticipated budget, grouping of locations for construction efficiency, and other technical factors. The phases are implemented mainly through three discrete projects within the present Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Projects are separated into alleys, residential streets, and arterial streets as discussed in more detail below.
Planning over a multi-year horizon is critical for budgeting resources – both staff and financial. Adopting capital pavement program allows Engineering staff to schedule projects according to anticipated revenues and staff workload capacity. This also makes the Council’s priorities clear to staff as grant opportunities arise that may be applicable to the planned projects. Being a multi-year funding roadmap, there is flexibility such that new projects or street segments could be added as unforeseen year-to-year circumstances arise such as funding amounts, materials costs, accelerated pavement degradation, etc.
Street & Alley Construction Projects
The City’s interactive map shows current and future street and alley restoration efforts throughout Oxnard.
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Capital Projects
Learn more about the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), which identifies major infrastructure improvements needed in the City of Oxnard.