CAMPO approves pavement survey; RTC OKs path and trailhead projects

After the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization approved an interlocal agreement with Douglas County, CAMPO members Wednesday unanimously approved a contract with Applied Pavement Technology (AP Tech) for $150,286 for a pavement survey in Carson City and its southern neighbor.

To be completed next spring and overseen by CAMPO, the survey will cover 276 centerline miles of roadway in Carson and 176 in Douglas County (excluding the Tahoe Basin), according to transportation staff.

Carson City has used Applied Pavement Technology in the past. The company conducted the 2022 pavement analysis that found regional roads in the city in satisfactory condition, on average, but local roads, the neighborhood streets that aren’t arterials or collectors, in fair condition approaching poor condition.

Luis Sibaja, project manager for AP Tech, said the company will be using a van for the survey with a laser crack-measurement system. He said there would be no disruption to traffic.

“It collects right of way imagery and also two cameras essentially that take intensity and range images facing downward, and we will be able to map out all the distresses per the ASTM D6433 (American Society for Testing and Materials),” he said.

Separate reports will be compiled for Douglas and Carson.

“I think it will be interesting to see what this report generates,” said Carson City Mayor and RTC Chair Lori Bagwell, noting previous data has been used to frame road issues in the city.

“Every time there is a data collection effort made, you revise the deterioration models,” said Sibaja. “You include the new data point for each one of these routes into your deterioration model to see if it’s tracking properly and makes the necessary adjustments to the model.”

Lyon County representative Wes Henderson was absent for the CAMPO vote.

Regional Transportation Commission members convened after CAMPO adjourned and unanimously approved two significant projects.

The first was an amendment to an agreement with NDOT to rename the more than $1.6 million Carson City DMV Multi-Use Path Project to the Carson City Multi-Use Path Improvement and Rehabilitation Project. The amendment revises the scope of the project and removes a portion near the DMV, a conservation easement for which was ultimately not granted by the state.

The project will extend the Linear Ditch path near Governor’s Field and rehabilitate up to seven miles of existing pathway.

The second item was unanimous ratification of a Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) grant submission for the Ash Canyon Road and Trailhead Project.

The roughly $7.4 million project would include $410,000 in local match and entail reconstruction of Ash Canyon Road between the intersection of Winnie Lane and the end of the paved section west of the Wellington subdivision, according to staff.

The project will also include stormwater and accessibility improvements and a trailhead parking lot with a vault toilet.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors approved the grant submission as part of the consent agenda Oct. 3. The project amount was revised upward from $6.4 million because the application, submitted July 15, required price escalation as additional contingency, according to staff.