In December 2020, the City of Redlands completed the comprehensive Pavement Accelerated Repair Implementation Strategy program, rehabilitating more than 400 miles of streets and improving the City’s pavement rating from one of the lowest in the state to one of the highest.
The PARIS project, approved by the Redlands City Council in September 2012, broke ground in April 2013. The project outlined strategies to rehabilitate two-thirds of all City streets in five separate phases of construction.
Throughout the design and implementation of the program, rehabilitation methods were tailored to the needs of each street segment. In conjunction with the street rehabilitation, more than 40 miles of water pipeline and four miles of sewer pipeline were also replaced.
The project was funded through funds from Measure I, a half-cent sales tax approved by San Bernardino County voters to fund local transportation projects, and the City’s Local Transportation Fund. No General Fund dollars were used to fund the project.
A total of approximately 437 miles of streets were rehabilitated under PARIS, improving the City’s Pavement Condition Index from 53 in 2012, below both the County and State average, to 82 today, one of the best ratings in the State.
Moving forward, the City’s Pavement Management Program will build upon the framework of PARIS, by updating the physical condition of all City streets through re-evaluation and rating their new expected life cycle. Through this update, the appropriate rehabilitation program will be identified for the remaining one-third of City streets not paved under PARIS, as will the maintenance schedules for the newly paved streets.
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