City of Peoria, AZ Winner of 2021 ISSA Excellence in Pavement Preservation Award

GLEN ELLYN, IL, February 23,2021 – During the 59th Annual Convention of the International Slurry Surfacing Association, held virtually, February 15-18, 2021, the ISSA Excellence in Pavement Preservation Award was presented to the City of Peoria, Arizona for their 2020 Pavement Preservation Program.

Established in 2015 and first awarded in 2016, the ISSA Award for Excellence in Pavement Preservation recognizes and honors public officials, engineering firms or agencies that have made outstanding contributions to the Pavement Preservation industry.  

The award is presented to an Owner/Agency or Engineering firm that has been a champion in the promotion, use and success of pavement preservation applications represented by ISSA (slurry surfacing, micro surfacing, chip seal, cape seal and crack treatment).  

The City of Peoria in Arizona is one of the fastest growing cities in Arizona, which happens to be the fourth fastest growing state in the nation. This city has 667 centerline miles of paved roads and is rapidly growing.  In 2017, they were in a financial recovery mode, and their newer roads started to show effects of degradation.

A technical condition survey showed their overall roads were 72 out 100. They introduced their budget requests as part of a Pavement Management Program with included Pavement Preservation- seal coat, slurry seals and micro seals, rehabilitation, and rural road maintenance – chip seals. In 2018, their council approved a budget that doubled their previously less than 5 million dollar budget, to more than 10 million dollars on average for the next three years. In 2020, they completed pavement preservation treatments on 189 centerline miles and repeated the technical condition survey and learned their pavement condition index increased to 77 out of 100.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SLURRY SURFACING ASSOCIATION (ISSA):

Founded in 1963, the International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) is a nonprofit association dedicated to the interests, education and success of slurry and micro surfacing, chip sealing and crack treatment professionals and corporations around the world.

ISSA is a founding member of the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Alliance along with the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association and the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association. PPRA is a partnership of leading industry associations (AEMA, ARRA, ISSA) to advance sustainable, eco efficient, and innovative pavement applications.

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