SOLANA BEACH — The Solana Beach City Council awarded contracts to resurface nine streets and hire a new firm to assess pavement conditions.
The council unanimously approved both contracts as part of its Oct. 28 consent calendar.
The city maintains 46.4 centerline miles of paved roadway, according to city documents.
The council awarded a $1.965 million contract to Poway-based Eagle Paving, with an additional $300,000 set aside for contingencies.
The work will include resurfacing, restriping, new pavement markings and “digouts” to repair damaged sections of pavement.
The city selected the nine streets largely based on their 2021 Pavement Condition Index scores, which are measured on a scale of 0 to 100.
The two lowest-scoring stretches scheduled for resurfacing are on Santa Hidalga and Santa Florencia, both between Santa Inez and Santa Queta. They scored 31 and 38, respectively.
Councilmember David Zito left the item on the consent calendar but suggested repairing a stretch of the northbound bike lane on North Coast Highway 101 just north of the bridge over the railroad tracks near East Cliff Street.
Zito said that because the city had “a nice comfortable amount of contingency in there,” he hoped some of the money could go toward repairing pavement damaged by tree roots.
“I would just like to see if we could do a couple of digouts on that bike lane and fix those root intrusions because you do get a pretty good bump,” he said.
Work is expected to begin in December and wrap up in spring 2027. The contract calls for an estimated 95 working days, or 19 weeks, according to the documents.
Pavement Management Program
The city uses Pavement Condition Index scores to evaluate road conditions, prioritize maintenance and plan long-term improvements through its Pavement Management Program. The city last updated the program in 2021 and updates it every five years.
The city issued a request for proposals in March 2026 to assess pavement conditions and update the program. The request also included optional inventories of accessible curb ramps, signs, painted curbs and sidewalks.
The city received three proposals and initially selected Quality Engineering Solutions, which submitted the lowest price at $74,187.50. MDS Technologies proposed $75,900, and Willdan Engineering proposed $450,635, according to city documents.
In October, Quality Engineering Solutions notified the city that it could no longer complete the work “due to the loss of its technical staff,” according to the city report.
City staff contacted MDS Technologies, which confirmed it could complete the work for its original price of $75,900.
The five-year agreement retains the original $100,000 contract value, with the remaining $24,100 set aside for “as-needed services.”
The council authorized the city manager to sign the agreement with MDS Technologies as part of the consent calendar vote.
