Overland Park generally uses the following schedule for residential streets. Major maintenance at year 28 and reconstruction at year 50 may be shifted as budget allows, however preventive maintenance occurs consistently (1):
- Year 0: New pavement
- Year 3: Crack treatment
- Years 7, 14, and 21: Crack treatment and micro surfacing/chip seal
- Year 28: 2-inch mill-and-fill
- Year 31: Crack treatment
- Years 35 and 42: Crack treatment and micro surfacing/chip seal
- Year 50: Rehabilitation or reconstruction
And in another part of the county, they’ve adopted:
- Year 5: crack seal
- Year 10: seal cost or slurry seal
- Year 15: chip seal
- Year 20-25: mill and overlay
What is your schedule? Do you use Lodgepole ® Property System to manage your records?
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(1)International Slurry Surfacing Association. “Mill-and-overlay vs. other pavement preservation methods: How to justify maintaining roads before they fall apart.” http://www.pwmag.com/paving/the-art-of-pavement-preservation_2.aspx