2.12 Street Design and Minimum Sections
a. The street design shall result in streets which:
1) are of adequate design to handle the traffic needs of the City,
2) are designed in a manner to allow economical future maintenance, and,
b. provide a minimum practical pavement design life of 30 years for all streets.The City requires an engineer designed pavement section.
c. The design of overlays shall include non-destructive falling weight deflectometer tests or other tests approved by the Director and the preparation of an engineering analysis of street improvements required for the design life required with all anticipated traffic, including truck traffic.
d. Unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer, pavement designs shall be based on AC pavement conforming to OSSC 00744, hot mixed Asphalt Concrete (HMAC) Pavements, for standard duty mix and compacted to a minimum of 91% of maximum density (at all locations) as determined by the Rice Standard Method.