The City of Goldsboro has hired civil engineering firm WithersRavenel to conduct a citywide pavement condition survey for $70,350.

A pavement condition survey provides an unbiased assessment of the City’s 163-mile street system and information that helps to allocate funding for street repairs objectively.

As part of the process, a team of surveyors will ride city streets to record the presence of eight types of distress: alligator cracking, block cracking, reflective cracking, rutting, raveling, bleeding, ride quality, and patching.

These criteria are based on the Institute for Transportation Research and Education’s (ITRE) methodology.

“This survey will help the city prioritize repairs and rehabilitation projects based on the condition and usage of the street, and it contributes to the development of long-term infrastructure plans for road management,” said Jonathan Perry, engineering services manager for the City of Goldsboro.

The City’s Engineering Department has conducted this survey internally every three to five years, as recommended by ITRE. This is the first time since 2009 that a third party has been contracted to do the work.

WithersRavenel will collect data through October and present a completed report in January.