Summary: Starting this week, the "Pavement Condition Assessment" Van, aka the Pave Van, will be driving ALL roadways in Willow Park, taking half a dozen measurements about the quality of Willow Park Roads. The resulting pavement assessment will provide the City with an updated and in-depth understanding of its current road infrastructure. The City will then use this data to assist in the City’s future maintenance and resurfacing plans.
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• Latest Update: 21 January, 2025
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Now cruising Willow Park is the "Pavement Condition Assessment" Van.
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Starting this week, the "Pavement Condition Assessment" Van, aka the Pave Van, will be driving ALL roadways in Willow Park, taking half a dozen measurements about the quality of Willow Park Roads. [3]
In October 2024, the City contracted with Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) [4] for the 2024 Pavement Condition Assessment, through the North Texas SHARE Purchasing Program. [1, 2 ,5] The assessment will "include driving all concrete and asphalt streets in the City (approximately 80 miles) with a van that is outfitted with instrumentation to record on a continuous basis, the surface condition, rutting, roughness, and the location by Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates. Upon conclusion of the mobile field data collection, IMS will provide a final report with all the street segments listed with their pavement condition index (PCI)." [1, 2]
"This pavement assessment will provide the city with an updated and in-depth understanding of its current road infrastructure. The data will assist in the city’s future maintenance and resurfacing plans." [2]
During the 22 October 2024 Council Meeting, the Council approved the $31,320 contract [in .pdf.] with IMS. [1, 2]
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[1] Willow Park has just contracted for an automated pavement condition assessment for better "understanding of its current road infrastructure." Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 22 October 2024
Willow Park has contracted with Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) [2] for the 2024 Pavement Condition Assessment, through the North Texas SHARE Purchasing Program.
The IMS project will "include driving all concrete and asphalt streets in the City (approximately 80 miles) with a van that is outfitted with instrumentation to record on a continuous basis, the surface condition, rutting, roughness, and the location by Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates. Upon conclusion of the mobile field data collection, IMS will provide a final report with all the street segments listed with their pavement condition index (PCI). This pavement assessment will provide the city with an updated and in-depth understanding of its current road infrastructure. The data will assist in the city’s future maintenance and resurfacing plans." [2]
During the 22 October 2024 Council Meeting, the Council approved the $31,320 contract [in .pdf.] with IMS and work should start soon. [2]
[2] 22 October 2024 Council Meeting, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 18 October 2024
• Agenda Item 4. Discussion/Action: to consider authorizing a professional services agreement with Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) for the 2024 Pavement Condition Assessment... through the North Texas SHARE Purchasing Program*
• Background:
The City of Willow Park strives to maintain its roadway network as best as possible.
The City will utilize the services of Infrastructure Management Services (IMS)*, an engineering firm that conducts automated pavement condition assessments. They provide the data and analysis to develop long term, cost optimized street rehabilitation plans.
The 2024 Pavement Condition Assessment project will include driving all concrete and asphalt streets in the City (approximately 80 miles) with a van that is outfitted with instrumentation to record on a continuous basis the surface condition, rutting, roughness, and the location by Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates. Upon conclusion of the mobile field data collection, IMS will provide a final report with all the street segments listed with their pavement condition index (PCI). This pavement assessment will provide the city with an updated and in-depth understanding of its current road infrastructure. The data will assist in the city’s future maintenance and resurfacing plans.
IMS Infrastructure Management Services maintains an interlocal agreement with the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)* that provides negotiated pricing for NCTCOG members. The agreement was developed in accordance with the North Texas SHARE Program* , which the City of Willow Park is a member of. The North Texas SHARE Program allows member cities all the benefits associated with cooperative purchases and member cities can use contracts which have been competitively solicited and awarded by North Central Texas Council of Governments.
• Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the professional services agreement with IMS Infrastructure Management Services in the amount of $31,320.
• Exhibits: Consultant Services Agreement for Pavement Analysis Services [in .pdf]
[3] City of Willow Park, TX's Facebook Post, 17 January 2025
Heads up: the street study will likely begin sometime next week and you might see this funny little fella running the roads.
Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) is going to survey 67 miles [See source [1, 2] for 80 miles of roadways] of pavement in Willow Park with this vehicle – called an IrisPRO Pave – to study our roads. This fancy ride will collect data on pavement cracking, roughness, potholes, rutting, surface texture, and road geometrics. It’s outfitted with cameras, GIS measurements, and lasers, which is objectively pretty cool.
SCIENCE! ⚡️
Once the data is collected the IMS team will process the information and give the city a complete report with an analysis. From there we can make data-informed decisions about what’s next for the roads. In the meantime, please be patient with our process, because we want to make sure this is done in a smart way, which takes a little time.
And if you see IrisPRO on the roads, please give him room to work. He's got a very important job.
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City of Willow Park, TX
To answer some of the comments here - yes, it is ALL city streets!
Catherine Weber
I just came here to say that I appreciate the communication on letting the community know that something/someone unusual will be in our neighborhoods working.
I asked at the city council meeting that this kind of information be given (as a heads up to the community), because I appreciate knowing when projects are occurring in our neighborhoods and you delivered on that request. 🙌 (Thank you, Rose)
I like knowing when someone “looks out of place” in our neighborhood that they have a permitted purpose to be there. Let’s me know someone isn’t casing our streets with an unlawful intention.
[4] Infrastructure Management Services (IMS)
• North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)
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