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CITY OF FOREST HILL

SUMMARY OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN – STREETS (CIP – STREETS)

The 5‐Year Street Capital Improvement Plan was completed in August 2015 to define and prioritize near and long
term repair, replacement and improvement of City streets. The field information and recommendations were
developed from prevailing conditions during the time period December 2014 to January 2015.

With assistance of City Public Works staff, every public street was surveyed and categorized based on needs for
improvements. Additionally City Public Works staff has provided information on upcoming drainage projects.

THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WERE CONSIDERED:

• Some streets are scheduled or recommended for water, sanitary sewer and/ or storm drain
improvements. These should be done as complete reconstruction projects, or delayed so that utilities
can be constructed first. In some cases, streets falling into this category were recommended for 2”
overlay or slurry seal work to preclude further pavement deterioration until utility improvements
could be completed. An interagency agreement with the county provides for shared cost related to
street base, overlay, and slurry seal. The county provides labor and equipment and the City provides
supplies.

• Some streets are recommended on the 1990 Thoroughfare Plan for upgrading from Local to Collector. If
the pavement structure of the current street section is in need of rehabilitation exceeding the overlay
process, these projects take longer to complete.

• Some streets which were rehabilitated or reconstructed over the past 10‐15 years and were periodically
maintained through crack sealing continue to develop surface cracks. These cracks, if unsealed, can destroy
permanent foundation by allowing water to enter the subgrade, causing clay pockets to expand and contract
again during dry periods. Therefore, street projects recommend slurry sealing.
• Nonrecurring or one‐time revenues should, to the extent possible, only be used for one‐time expenditures
(expenditures not expected to reoccur and requiring future appropriations) to avoid future shortfalls

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