STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT STATUS
Keep up on street improvements in progress.
The Street Improvement Plan (SIP) was created in 2012 to address the current and future conditions of city streets. Today, the City is transitioning to the Rapid Pavement Program (RPP) which was created to provide the best possible planning and maintenance schedules for our area's street infrastructure.
Corpus Christi contains thousands of miles of streets. We use various strategies to improve the roadway surface and lifespan of these streets. The four-part chart reflects the City's strategy of focusing on one aspect of street improvements at a time: maintenance, arterial & collector reconstruction, residential/local reconstruction, and policy.
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As City staff continues to work diligently on fixing the streets and roadways in Corpus Christi, the department developed the Rapid Pavement Program (RPP). The RPP is a five-year rolling program focusing on the maintenance of the City’s streets.
STREET MAINTENANCE
Maintenance is under the Street Preventative Maintenance Program (SPMP). The SPMP helps prolong their life by protecting the surface from the effects of aging, cracking, deterioration, and water infiltration. Additionally, prolonging the life of our city streets saves time and taxpayer money by intervening before full reconstruction is needed. To pay for it, the City established a Street Maintenance Fee (SMF).
RECONSTRUCTION - ARTERIAL/COLLECTOR
The Arterial & Collector Reconstruction strategy is for larger streets that have more traffic. Projects in this category are usually paid for with voter-approved Bond dollars.
RECONSTRUCTION - RESIDENTIAL
The Residential Reconstruction strategy addresses streets with lower traffic levels than the arterials or collectors. Most of the City's street network is made up of Local streets.
POLICIES
The Policies strategy looks to improve two important areas: street design life and street cuts. Policy changes will extend the life of new streets.
The City of Corpus Christi adopted a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year's tax rate. The tax rate will effectively be raised by 4.69 percent and will raise taxes for maintenance and operations on a $100,000 home by approximately $16.87.
