The document provides information on the City of New Braunfels' 2020-2021 Street Maintenance Plan, including: 1) Details on the city's existing street system and additions in recent years. 2) An overview of the city's maintenance strategies for streets. 3) How the city determines the street plan by considering pavement condition data, field inspections, traffic patterns, coordination with utilities, and citizen input. 4) Details on funding sources for street projects.

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Public Input for the
2020-2021 Street Maintenance Plan
July 22, 2020

2. New Braunfels Street System
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The City maintains 363 centerline miles containing
910 lane miles.
- 20 lane miles were added in 2016
- 12 lane miles were added in 2017
- 28 lane miles were added in 2018
- 20 lane miles were added in 2019

3. Maintenance Strategies
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Preventative Maintenance
• Crack Seal
• Potholes & NBU Street Repairs - Application of hot mix asphalt (HMA) to
smooth roadway and remove rutting.
• Limited Overlay – 1” HMA
Mill and Overlay
• Mill and overlay - spot base repair, mill existing asphalt to level surface and
asphalt overlay. Typically 2” is milled out and repaved.
Rehabilitation
• Mill or pulverize asphalt surface, stabilize subgrade, add base, and add a 2”
of hot mix asphalt overlay at existing grade.
Reconstruction
• Requires curb work, subgrade improvements, grade modification,
new base, and asphalt surface.

4. Pavement Section
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5. Functional Classifications
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Local
• Most common type of
street in a city, and provides
direct access to adjacent
land. Carries no thru
movement and parking is
allowed.
• Design speed: 20 – 30 mph.

6. Functional Classifications
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Collector
• Are the second most
common type of road with
a balance between access
and mobility with parking
allowed.
• Design speed: 30 – 40 mph.
Example: Hanz Drive

7. Functional Classifications
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Arterial
• Provide the fastest path of
travel for long distances. Are
typically much wider with
more lanes and no parking.
• Design speed: 45 – 50 mph.
Example: Walnut Avenue

8. Street Plan Determination
1) Pavement Management Software System
• Inventory the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) from 1-100 (1 = worst)
• Recommendations from Cartegraph
2) FieldVerification
• City staff visually inspects streets
3) Traffic Utilization
• Types of Streets (ex. Collector
Street or Local Streets)
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9. Street Plan Determination
4) Coordination with Utilities
• Timing our repairs with planned utility street cuts
and improvements
5) Appropriate Maintenance and Repair
Strategies
6) Citizen Input
• During the year
• Public Meeting
7) City Council Consideration
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10. Pavement Condition Index
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11. Overall Condition Index: 100
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• Considered
excellent
• Include newly
constructed or
recently overlaid
roads that require no
maintenance

12. Overall Condition Index: 79
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• Considered good to very
good and in structurally
sound condition
• Initial signs of aging,
such as longitudinal and
transverse cracking,
slight raveling and an
occasional pothole
requiring patching

13. Overall Condition Index: 59
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• Considered in average
condition
• Roads show signs of
needing resurfacing
• Over 50% of the surface
has block cracking
• Streets in this condition
could require
rehabilitation

14. Overall Condition Index: 39
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• Considered fair
• Could require
rehabilitation or
reconstruction

15. Overall Condition Index: 19
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• Condition is
considered poor to
failed
• Requires
reconstruction of
base and surface

16. Viewing OCI Map
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17. Viewing OCI Map
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18. Viewing OCI Map
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19. 1. $1.7 million in FY 2019-2020 General Fund Budget – annual street maintenance
projects
2. $10 million from the 2013 Bond Program towards city-wide street projects
3. $37.5 million from the 2013 Bond Program Proposition 1 – Street
Improvements
• Morningside Drive, Rueckle Road, Solms Road, and Klein Road
4. From the 2013 Bond Program Proposition 2 – Drainage & Flood Control
Improvements
• Alves Lane - $12.5 million
• Live Oak - $5.5 million
Street Funding
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20. Submitting a Pavement Concern
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21. • City-Wide Street Projects - $15 Million
• Klein Road Phase 2 (S Walnut Ave to FM 725) -
$13 Million
• Goodwin/Conrads Ln (FM 306 to IH35) - $21.4 Million
• Barbarosa (FM 1101 to Alves Ln) and North-South
Collector (IH 35 to August Fields) - $3.1 Million
2019 Bond Street Projects
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22. 22
Street Work Map

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New Street Map

24. Submitting a Pavement Concern
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25. Next Steps
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• Receive your input
• Evaluate input to determine any
changes in proposed street program
• Take to Council for approval in Fall
after 2021 budget approval

26. Links
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Tonight’s Meeting - Online Survey:
http://nbtexas.org/streetsurvey
Submitting a Pavement Concern:
http://www.nbtexas.org/284/Streets-Drainage
Viewing OCI Map:
http://www.nbtexas.org/1847/Pavement-Management-Program