Pavement Preservation
The City’s Pavement Preservation Program seeks to maximize the value of available funding to best preserve the condition of driving surfaces. This is accomplished by applying a variety of technologies that seek to address deterioration when it is at a minimal level to extend the overall life cycle of the pavement.
Each street in the City has a pavement condition index (PCI) score on a scale of 0 to 100 reflecting the condition of the pavement. Prior strategies would always address the pavements that were in the worst condition first. Unfortunately, this resulted in continually deteriorating pavements that were only fixed when they had become the worst in the City.
The current strategy seeks to address pavement problems when they are less serious, and less expensive to correct, so that the need for complete replacement is significantly reduced. Obviously, pavements that have deteriorated more significantly must still be corrected, but the strategy seeks to interrupt this cycle by introducing a more fiscally responsible improvement technology and minimizing the need for total replacement. Streets in the worst condition are completely resurfaced, while streets that are deteriorating but are still in serviceable condition are treated with slurry seal or micro surfacing techniques. Information about these treatment techniques is included in the video above.
An additional aspect of the City’s pavement preservation strategy is to apply improvements in clustered areas to reduce to expense even further. If repair contractors are required to move all over the City repairing only the worst of the worst in scattered locations, the cost of continually moving bulky construction equipment and traffic control devices significantly increases the overall cost of the program. By focusing repair efforts in more concentrated areas, the cost per mile of street repair is greatly reduced. This cost reduction allows for more street repairs and treatments to be addressed.
Projects are funded by either the State of North Carolina Street Aid Program (also known as the Powell Bill) or City of Fayetteville general obligation bonds (also known as GO Bonds). Pavement repairs are performed by independent contractors hired by the City on an annual fiscal year (FY) basis. Fiscal years run from July 1 of the preceding year to June 30 of named year. For example, FY2026 runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
Streets included in upcoming pavement preservation projects are listed in the links below. Please note that these lists are subject to change due to budget conditions and other factors that require adjustment of paving schedules.
To learn more about the City's Pavement Preservation Program, please watch the video above.
Pavement Preservation Projects
Please click below for the current lists of pavement preservation projects. Please note that the proposed lists can change due to budget considerations and project coordination. We will update this list as information becomes available.
Resurfacing
Slurry Seal and Microsurfacing Treatment