The streets of Otay Mesa, Skyline, Paradise Hills, Golden Hill, and North Park are set for a facelift as San Diego's citywide road repair forges ahead. A slew of areas will benefit from a slurry seal program that aims to nip street deterioration in the bud. The City of San Diego's Transportation webpage is the go-to spot for details on the various street repair techniques.
Deployed to stave off the steep costs of complete asphalt overhaul, the slurry seal is a pavement preservation tactic that's both practical and penny-wise. Comprising asphalt emulsion, a dash of sand, and an assortment of rock, this concoction is slathered onto streets at a skimpy quarter-inch average thickness to extend the life of locales still in decent nick. According to the City of San Diego, multiple projects are chugging along concurrently, and these improvements are usually part of a larger mission to bolster safety and mobility for all transport methods.
The latest round of repairs encompasses Slurry Seal Projects 2452, 2453, and 2522, all set to be in the works through March if the weather plays ball. The streets on the docket for this resurfacing rendezvous include Peterlynn Court, Ilexey Avenue, Alcorn Street, Palm Avenue, Date Street, and others peppered throughout the designated neighborhoods.
Picking which streets to treat with a slurry seal involves a systematic approach rooted in a pavement management system that monitors the road's ruggedness and rifts. “Each street segment is assigned a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) score based on the pavement’s roughness and cracks,” stated the City of San Diego in their coverage of the municipal undertaking.
