The City of Erie Department of Public Works and Bureau of Streets have begun use of a Real-time Pavement Performance Analytics and Automated Sign detection system that uses sensors on 16 City vehicles to collect data, analyze, and evaluate road pavement and sign conditions throughout the city.
This system will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Bureau of Streets crews by eliminating the weeks that employees spend each spring manually identifying, monitoring, analyzing, evaluating, and prioritizing the roads for paving and sign replacement.
These reports will help identify paving priorities for the year, recommend the most effective paving treatments for each road, and evaluate the conditions of street signs. The faster the road evaluation can be completed, the faster paving can begin, and more roads can be paved before the winter season.
The new system was funded by a $51,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Community and Economic Assistance Program (CEAP), supported by Pennsylvania State Senator Dan Laughlin, and Pennsylvania State Representatives Pat Harkins and Bob Merski.
Beginning August 6, the City of Erie Bureau of Streets will continue work on the 2025 Summer Paving program. Work will begin on the east side of the city and progress to the west side over the course of August and September. This work will include both milling and paving of the following streets:
- East 2nd Street
- East 5th Street
- East 10th Street
- East 28th Street
- East 29th Street
- East 31st Street
- East 32nd Street
- East 35th Street
- East 36th Street
- West 8th Street
- West 32nd Street
- West 33rd Street
- West 34th Street
- West 35th Street
- Arlington Road
- Ash Street
- Burton Avenue
- Cherry Street
- Conrad Road
- Davison Avenue
- East Avenue
- Elmwood Avenue
- Franklin Avenue
- Glenwood Boulevard
- Greengarden Boulevard
- Hilltop Road
- Holland Street
- Liberty Street
- McClelland Avenue
- Raspberry Street
- Reed Street
- State Street
- Washington Avenue
Since the start of the paving season, the City has paved the following streets:
- East 7th Street, Pennsylvania to East Avenue
- East 7th Street, Vine to Parade
- East 24th Street, German to Parade
- East 27th Street, Pear to 2644 Warfel
- East 35th Street, Davison to Regis
- West 5th Street, Plum to Cascade
- West 10th Street, Myrtle to Chestnut
- West 16th Street, Walnut to 522
- West 17th Street, Cherry to Walnut
- West 17th Street, Liberty to Poplar
- West 17th Street, Liberty to Plum
- Brandes Street, East 25th to East 26th
- Chestnut Street, West 10th to West 11th
- Fairmount Avenue, Pear to Downing
- Liberty Street, West 26th to West 29th
- McCain, Fairmont Avenue, to Glendale
- McCain Avenue, Linwood to Glendale
- Perry Street, East 21st to East 23rd
- Poplar Street, West 18th to West 19th
- Prospect Street, Wagner to Harrison
- Schaal Street, Buffalo Road to East 20th
- Vine Street, East 8th to East 7th
- Wallace Street, East 22nd to East 23rd
- Walnut Street, West 9th to West 10th
