Item B: Funding Strategies for Transportation System Operations, Maintenance, and Preservation

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Primary areas of operating Road Fund expenditures, along with FY02 gross budget estimates, include the following elements: Signs, signal and street light maintenance..................................$1.9 million Asphalt and concrete...................................................$1.4 million Trees, landscaping, irrigation and natural resources..........................$1.2 million Planning and engineering...............................................$1.0 million Administrativeservices.................................................$1.0 million Technical services (including public information, permits and inspections)........$0.6 million Other...............................................................$0.6 million Total...............................................................$7.7 million projects go beyondroutine Operations and maintenance and provide major repairs Preservation C at focused points in the system.Preservation projects typically are divided into two categories: rehabilitation and reconstruction. in the form of overlays, slurry seals and other surface preventative maintenance Rehabilitation treatments is critical because deterioration and associated repair costs accelerate over time. The chart on the following page (Figure 1) shows the general relationship between pavement age, condition, preservation type, and cost. As a general rule, reconstructing a street that has failed due to delayed preservation is four to five times more costly than rehabilitation. Staff estimates it would cost approximately$3.2 million a year to provide timely rehabilitation on Eugene?s streets. This amount is separate from ongoing operation and maintenance requirements. Reconstruction describes projects in which the street structure typically is removed and rebuilt. There are a number of reasons that have led to the accelerated deterioration of a large number of Eugene?s street surfaces. Pavement age is one important reason. Studies have shown that the typical life of arterial and collector pavement surfaces fall in the range from 12 to 15 years. Once pavements pass that point, they tend to fail much more quickly (see Figure 1 on following page), resulting in much higher costs to preserve the investment. An analysis done in 2000 by PublicWorksshowed that almost half (48.4%) of Eugene?s arterial-collector street system is more than 15 years old, and more than 70% of the system is more than 10 years old (see Street , Appendix C). Age Map Eugene?s reconstruction liability is growing. In 1994, approximately7% of Eugene?s arterial- collector system was in need of reconstruction. By 1999, that figure had more than doubled, to over 16%. As the system continues to age, and maintenance is delayed, more and more of the system will deteriorate to the point of needing reconstruction. 6