Find Out How the Town Ranks the Condition of your Road

The town has made available materials related to the conditions of all roads in Salem.

The Pavement Inventory Report details the road name, length, pavement class, and pavement condition index number (0 being the worst, 100 being the best).

The 24-page list, drafted on May 29, also segments out the condition of the larger roads in town, such as South Policy or Main Street.

Depending on recent treatment, some roads are sitting on PCI ranks of 100 while others are down in the 40's or 30's.

The list is further categorized by private local roads, state operational, accepted operational, accepted local, unaccepted local and abandoned local.

Last week, the Board of Selectmen received an update on the pavement progress in town.

Based on the presentation, Salem's 182 miles of maintained road have improved only slightly since 2003, with an average PCI going from 79 out of 100 up to 80.

The goal is to fluctuate the number between 81 and 82 from now until 2022.

During the presentation, Projected work on South Shore Road came up in discussion. South Shore Road is listed on the document as having a PCI of 38.

Selectman Stephen Campbell noted that two roads were actually listed as having worse PCI ranks. According to the list, those are Ewins Lane, a 427-foot local dead end with a PCI of 35, and Karen Lane, a 982-foot local through street with a PCI of 37.

See the attached PDF to view the condition of all roads.