The City of Palm Springs uses a Pavement Management Program (PMP) to help determine which street sections will be included in the Annual Slurry Seal Project or the Annual Pavement Rehabilitation Project. 

The City has been using Pavement Management Program software since the early 1990’s. The City has conducted updates in 2001 and 2008, visually inspecting all 245+ miles of paved streets within Palm Springs City Limits. This includes areas north of I-10, west to the SR 111 and I-10 connection, east to Cathedral City, and south to bordering Riverside County property. 

In 2015, the City commissioned a report evaluating every paved street. The City hired an outside consulting firm to collect the data in the field, and then the PMP takes the data to calculate the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) value for each street. The pavement report along with the PCI is updated every 4-5 years so we can program the next 4 years of pavement projects based on updated snapshots of the Citywide road network. The most current report and data was done in 2022, with the final report going to City Council on June 29, 2023. A copy of the latest report can be found by the link below

June 29, 2023 Staff Report – City of Palm Springs Pavement Management Program Update Report, dated May 19, 2023.

The Pavement report along with PCI value of each street is The PCI is rated from 100 (perfect condition/new) to 0 (worst condition).  Streets are graded good (100-90), satisfactory (89-70), fair (69-50), poor (49-25) or very poor (24-0). These values were used as guide for slurry seal and street repairs projects. 

Here is a summary on how the City of Palm Springs fixes your streets: How Palm Springs Fixes Streets [pdf]. 

You can view an Interactive Map [GIS] to find out the PCI on each street. If your street isn't highlighted, it is likely a private street that the City does not maintain. Note, the City is currently working on updating the GIS pavement layer with the new 2023 PCI values.