The city has changed facts and figures over months. To make a point, originally it was said and it was printed and published on your web site that 30% of existing roads in Lake Worth will be RESURFACED under Lake Worth 2020.
Now you are telling the public that 73% of the roads in Lake
Worth are "to be RECONSTRUCTED” under Lake Worth 2020.
Can I please get a definition of “resurfaced” and
“reconstructed.”
I would like to understand the disparity and understand your
meaning of the two words. Reconstruct to me means rebuilding. That
implies that you will be totally taking an existing road and building it as if
new.
THE CITY'S ANSWER:
The Lake Worth 2020 presentation states that 71.5 miles of roadway will be repaved. This is 70% of the City-owned roads. It includes both reconstruction and roads where needed and resurfacing of other roads. Reconstruction includes improvements to either the road base and/or asphalt. Resurfacing includes improvements to the asphalt. The online map allows people to identify a road segment and receive information concerning the type of project related to that road. Either type road improvement will result in the road being improved to a newly paved condition.
The PCI method is based on a visual survey of the number and types of distresses in a pavement. The result of the analysis is a numerical value between 0 and 100, with 100 representing the best possible condition and 0 representing the worst possible condition.
From the very first presentation, the city has said that the roadway and utility plan involved 71 miles...there has been no diversion from that but here are the facts--the cost and percentages as given to us by the city:
25 miles -55 pci = $71.01 million
11 miles +56-65 pci = $3.31 million
20 miles +66-75 pci = $3.36 million
15 miles +76-83 pci = $1.54 million
So, you can see that the majority of the expense will be on 25 miles of roads.
THE CITY'S ANSWER:
The Lake Worth 2020 presentation states that 71.5 miles of roadway will be repaved. This is 70% of the City-owned roads. It includes both reconstruction and roads where needed and resurfacing of other roads. Reconstruction includes improvements to either the road base and/or asphalt. Resurfacing includes improvements to the asphalt. The online map allows people to identify a road segment and receive information concerning the type of project related to that road. Either type road improvement will result in the road being improved to a newly paved condition.
The PCI method is based on a visual survey of the number and types of distresses in a pavement. The result of the analysis is a numerical value between 0 and 100, with 100 representing the best possible condition and 0 representing the worst possible condition.
From the very first presentation, the city has said that the roadway and utility plan involved 71 miles...there has been no diversion from that but here are the facts--the cost and percentages as given to us by the city:
25 miles -55 pci = $71.01 million
11 miles +56-65 pci = $3.31 million
20 miles +66-75 pci = $3.36 million
15 miles +76-83 pci = $1.54 million
So, you can see that the majority of the expense will be on 25 miles of roads.
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I just got this 4 page newspaper ad from the city where it says that 73% of the roads will be reconstructed. When you look at the map in the inside pages, it is a damn joke. Isn't this dishonest of them?
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