Pavement Resurfacing Projects


Annual Street Resurfacing – Slurry Seal 2025
The 2025 Street Resurfacing – Slurry Seal Project will take place in phases across various neighborhoods throughout the summer. The first phase includes the sealing of existing cracks, localized pavement repairs, and replacement of damaged curb and gutter. The second and final phase involves new slurry seal, and new pavement striping and markings. During the various phases of the project, parking and lane restrictions will be in place. For more information, including the project schedule for specific streets, visit the Slurry Seal 2025 page.

The Pavement Management Program (PMP) is a set of tools and policies designed to manage street pavement maintenance activities. The PMP tracks existing and historical pavement condition data and includes a decision-making process to help choose the most cost-effective maintenance strategies for streets.  

  • The City of Dublin, like all other jurisdictions in the Bay Area, uses the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Streetsaver  software to help determine the City's pavement maintenance projects. Streetsaver helps the City understand the overall condition of the City's pavement infrastructure and the budgetary needs for maintaining the pavement.  
  • Streetsaver is a macro-level program and is used as a guide in identifying pavement maintenance projects. The program alone is not sufficient in making project level decisions and is only one element, among several important factors, the City uses for consideration for the street rehabilitation program. Other factors essential in the determination of the program include: 
    • Field review of actual street pavement
    • Engineering determination of the pavement treatments appropriate for the level of street distress 
    • Determining the risk of a street falling into a costlier repair category 
    • Identifying upcoming utility, development, or other City projects on a street
    • Determining potential cost benefits of completing streets using a similar resurfacing treatment 
    • Determining potential cost benefits by selecting streets in proximity to other streets in similar condition 

City of Dublin’s Roadway Network Statistics 

  • Residential streets are the low volume, lower speed streets that provide access to residences throughout the City. There are 40.6 Centerline Miles of residential streets in Dublin, which is 32% of the entire street network. Example: Burnham Way
  • Collector streets are slightly larger in volume of vehicles than residential streets. These streets may have residences on them, as well as carry a somewhat larger amount of vehicles from the surrounding neighborhoods carrying the traffic to the even larger arterial streets. There are 28.4 Centerline Miles of collector streets in Dublin, which is 22% of the entire street network. Example: Tamarack Drive 
  • Arterial streets take vehicles from neighborhoods, collector streets, and surrounding areas and provide a higher volume capacity to move those vehicles across the City. These streets may stand out as having fewer residences and more businesses. There are 77.3 Centerline Miles of arterial streets in Dublin, which is 46% of the entire street network. Example: Dublin Boulevard

Pavement Condition Index 

Pavement Condition Index (PCI) is a 0-100 ranking system that is based on the physical and structural condition of a street: 

  • PCI scores of 90 or higher are considered "excellent." These are newly built or resurfaced streets that show little or no distress. 
  • PCI scores in the 80 to 89 range are considered “very good,” and show only slight or moderate distress, requiring primarily preventive maintenance.  
  • PCI scores of 70 to 79 are in the “good” category.   
  • PCI scores of 60-69 are in the "fair" range and are considered worn to the point where rehabilitation may be needed to prevent rapid deterioration.  

The City of Dublin ranks among the highest PCI scores in the Bay Area and the highest in Alameda County.  

Find more information here Pavement Condition Index and Pavement Management Program. 

Useful Links 

Pavement Management Program Update 2024-25 (P-Tap 2024 report) 

To maintain high quality city streets, the City of Dublin implements various pavement resurfacing projects annually. These projects are part of Dublin’s Capital Improvement Program. Funding is provided by several sources, including Alameda County Measure B/BB, State Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, and State gas tax.

The following are the common pavement resurfacing treatments:

Slurry seal is a method of roadway resurfacing that is used to maintain City Streets to improve pavement quality and lifespan. 

A slurry seal is a surface treatment with mixtures containing asphalt emulsion, graded aggregates, fillers, water, and other additives to control the break and set time of the mixes. These treatments are designed to extend the life of asphalt pavements in good condition by providing skid resistance, restricting moisture intrusion, protecting the structure from further oxidation and raveling, and restoring a uniform black appearance. The slurry seal provides quick construction times and minimal disruption to the traveling public and can extend the life of the pavement by five to seven years. 

Cape Seal

Cape seal is a roadway resurfacing method used to maintain City Streets to improve pavement quality and lifespan.  

A cape seal is a two-step pavement preservation process that combines two surface treatments. Cape seals are a chip seal covered with a slurry seal. A chip seal is a liquid asphalt layer that is covered with ¼” to ½” crushed rock, which is then covered with a slurry seal (asphalt emulsion mixed with sand) and provides protection to older asphalt pavement surfaces. 

Overlay 

Asphalt overlay is a paving method of applying a new layer of asphalt to a deteriorating surface. Rather than tearing up an old asphalt surface entirely, an asphalt overlay project will use the existing layers as a base for the new asphalt pavement.  This method of roadway resurfacing is used to maintain City Streets to improve pavement quality and lifespan.