Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City has developed a program that addresses the maintenance of City streets. The first step is to control infiltration of water and moisture into the street’s subsurface layers through cracks that develop in the pavement. Crack sealing, or the filling of cracks with a hot, liquid, rubberized asphalt material, preserves the pavement and prolongs the need for more extensive repair. The City utilizes a Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating (PASER) system that utilizes visual inspection to evaluate pavement surface conditions. Pavements that rate in the 7-8 range are considered to be in “good” condition, and crack sealing is performed on these streets. In addition, the maintenance of the integrity of concrete panels of full-depth concrete streets is desired. Concrete joint sealing, or the filling of joints with a hot-applied, pourable, self-adhesive asphalt binder material, preserves the pavement and prolongs the need for more extensive repair.
