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02 / 12
The Problem

America's Streets Are Crumbling

Local governments bear the brunt of pavement maintenance, yet most lack the tools and staff to spend wisely.

$84.5B
Spent Locally
Per Year

State & local road expenditures (Census/Urban Institute)

$836B
Total
Backlog

Infrastructure investment gap through 2039 (ASCE)

39%
Roads Poor
or Mediocre

Of U.S. roads rated poor or mediocre condition (FHWA)

D+
ASCE
Grade 2025

Infrastructure Report Card roads grade (ASCE 2025)

$1,400
Annual Cost
Per Driver

Vehicle damage, fuel, & tire costs from poor roads (AASHTO)

The core challenge: Cities and counties under 150K population manage over 75% of U.S. lane-miles, yet receive less than 30% of federal/state road funding. Most rely on general funds and have no pavement management plan.

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The Worst-First Trap

The Pavement Decay Curve Is Not Your Friend

Pavement loses 40% of its condition over 75% of its life, then drops another 40% in just 12% of its life. Waiting costs 6-14x more.

PCI Decay Curve — Typical Asphalt
100 80 60 40 20 0
100
64
60
40
20
Yr 0 5 10 15 20 25
PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX (PCI) OVER TIME — YEARS
Years 0–18: Slow Decline
75% of pavement life

PCI drops from 100 to ~60. Preventive treatments cost $1 per sq yd in this zone.

Years 18–25: Rapid Failure
12% of pavement life

PCI crashes from 60 to 20. Reconstruction costs $6–$14 per sq yd in this zone.

$1
Preventive
$6–$14
Reconstructive

Every $1 in timely preventive maintenance avoids $6–$14 in reconstruction. Source: FHWA

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The Staffing Crisis

The People Who Keep Streets Running Are Leaving

Local government is hemorrhaging experienced staff. The expertise walking out the door is irreplaceable—unless you encode it in systems.

305K
Fewer Local Govt Jobs Since Feb 2020

Local government employment still has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Public works departments are running lean—and getting leaner.

Source: BLS
77%
Of Agencies Burdened by Turnover

More than three-quarters of local government agencies report that workforce turnover is a significant operational burden affecting service delivery.

Source: MissionSquare 2023
53%
Cite Non-Competitive Pay

Over half of local governments say they cannot compete with private-sector compensation, making recruitment of technical staff nearly impossible.

Source: MissionSquare 2023

The Typical Small City Reality

Public works departments of 5–25 people covering streets, water, sewer, and parks. When the one person who “knows the streets” retires, the institutional knowledge disappears overnight.

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Why Current Tools Fail

Legacy Software Wasn't Built for This

The tools available to small and mid-size agencies were designed decades ago, cost too much, or simply don't optimize.

MicroPAVER

US Army Corps / APWA
LEGACY
  • Desktop-only, 1980s architecture
  • $999 license + $650/yr maintenance
  • No budget optimization engine
  • Manual data entry, no cloud sync

StreetSaver

MTC (Bay Area)
LIMITED
  • Cannot optimize across treatments
  • Regional focus, limited customization
  • No scenario comparison tools
  • Basic reporting capabilities

Cartegraph / Cityworks

Enterprise Vendors
EXPENSIVE
  • $10K–$50K+ annual cost
  • 6–12 month implementation
  • Designed for large agencies
  • Overkill for streets-only needs

The Result

Market Gap
<40%

of local agencies have any pavement management plan. Most are using spreadsheets, windshield surveys, and institutional memory.

Source: FHWA / AASHTO Surveys
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06 / 12
Introducing InfraMind

Better plans. Same budget.

InfraMind brings optimization, forecasting, and reporting into a single modern platform—purpose-built for municipal streets.

AI-Optimized Scenarios

Generate unlimited what-if budget scenarios. The optimizer allocates treatments across your entire network for maximum PCI impact per dollar.

Predictive PCI Forecasting

See exactly where your network PCI will be in 5, 10, and 20 years under different funding levels. Data-driven pavement deterioration models.

Council-Ready Reporting

Export polished CIP reports and visual dashboards your council can understand. Defend your budget with data, not just intuition.

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How It Works

From Raw Data to Defensible CIP

Four steps. No six-month implementation. No expensive consultants required.

1

Data In

Upload your GIS shapefiles, PCI survey data, or even spreadsheets. We ingest any format your agency uses.

GIS/SHP CSV/XLS PCI DATA
2

AI Analysis

Our engine models deterioration curves, treatment effectiveness, and cost factors specific to your climate and traffic patterns.

ML MODELS PCI FORECAST
3

Optimized Scenarios

Generate and compare budget scenarios instantly. See the PCI outcome of $3M vs. $5M vs. $8M—side by side.

WHAT-IF COMPARE
4

Defensible CIP

Export council-ready reports, 5-year CIP documents, and GIS-linked treatment maps your stakeholders can trust.

PDF/CIP GIS MAP
No lengthy implementation
Works with your existing data
Consultant-friendly
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08 / 12
Optimization vs. Worst-First

Same Budget. Radically Different Outcomes.

A $5M annual budget applied with worst-first logic vs. AI-optimized allocation produces dramatically different 10-year results.

Worst-First Approach

Lane-Miles Treated (10-Year Total)
Recon
18 mi
Rehab
12 mi
Prev.
5 mi
Network PCI After 10 Years
Start: 62
End: 55
-7 PCI
Network Decline

Total treated: 35 lane-miles
Most budget consumed by costly reconstruction of already-failed sections.

AI-Optimized Approach

Lane-Miles Treated (10-Year Total)
Recon
6 mi
Rehab
14 mi
Prev.
26 mi
Network PCI After 10 Years
Start: 62
End: 70
+8 PCI
Network Improvement

Total treated: 46 lane-miles
Preventive treatments stretch the budget ~30% further across the network.

~30% more lane-miles treated with the same $5M annual budget
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09 / 12
Treatment Cost Ladder

The 40x Cost Differential

Preventive treatments cost a fraction of reconstruction. The key is applying the right treatment at the right time—before the pavement falls off the curve.

Cost Per Square Yard by Treatment Type
Crack Seal
PCI 70–90
$0.50
Slurry Seal
PCI 60–80
$2.25
Chip Seal
PCI 55–75
$2.50
Thin Overlay
PCI 40–60
$13.00
Mill & Overlay
PCI 25–45
$17.00
Reconstruction
PCI 0–25
$60.00+
$/SQ YD — TYPICAL MUNICIPAL COSTS
LOW → HIGH
40x
Cost Differential

Reconstruction costs 40 times more per square yard than a simple crack seal. Every year of deferred maintenance increases future costs exponentially.

The Optimization Advantage

InfraMind identifies streets approaching the “knee” of the decay curve and prioritizes preventive treatments—keeping more roads in the low-cost treatment zone.

Right Treatment, Right Time

The platform matches each segment to its optimal treatment window based on current PCI, traffic, climate, and budget constraints.

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Who It's For

Built for the People Who Own the Problem

InfraMind serves three distinct audiences, each with unique pain points and requirements.

Public Works Directors

Strategic Planning
  • Defend budget requests to council with data-backed scenarios
  • Show 5–20 year PCI forecasts under different funding levels
  • Preserve institutional knowledge when staff turns over
  • Demonstrate responsible stewardship of public funds

City Engineers

Technical Execution
  • Optimize treatment selection based on segment-level data
  • Model deterioration curves with local climate and traffic factors
  • Export GIS-linked treatment schedules and project lists
  • Replace spreadsheet-based pavement management

Consulting Firms

Service Delivery
  • Deliver pavement management as a service to multiple clients
  • Generate professional CIP deliverables faster
  • Scale analysis across multiple municipal clients
  • Differentiate proposals with AI-powered optimization
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Return on Investment

The Math Speaks for Itself

InfraMind pays for itself many times over by shifting spending from reactive reconstruction to proactive preservation.

25–50x
Return on Investment

Every dollar spent on preventive maintenance saves $6–$14 in future reconstruction. A modest software investment redirecting even 5% of budget yields 25–50x returns.

FHWA • Harris & Associates
30%
More Efficient Spending

Optimized treatment allocation stretches the same annual budget to cover approximately 30% more lane-miles compared to worst-first approaches.

Optimization modeling
30 yr
Pavement Life Potential

With timely preventive maintenance, asphalt pavement can achieve a functional life of up to 30 years, versus 15–18 years with deferred maintenance.

FHWA • AASHTO

Bottom line: A city spending $5M/year on streets can save $1.5M+ annually through optimized treatment selection—without adding staff, without new funding sources, and without cutting service levels.

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for Your Streets

Schedule a personalized demo and see how AI-powered capital planning can stretch your pavement budget further.

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Sources & Citations

ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card • AASHTO Transportation Asset Management Guide • FHWA Pavement Preservation Compendium • Harris & Associates Pavement Cost Analysis • WithersRavenel Pavement Life-Cycle Studies • MissionSquare Research Institute 2023 Workforce Survey • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) • U.S. Census Bureau / Urban Institute State & Local Finance Data • Pew Research Center