Case Study: Raleigh achieves $8-9M annual pavement maintenance savings with AgileAssets

How Raleigh Saves Millions on Pavement Case Study

The City of Raleigh, responsible for a pavement network valued at more than $700 million, faced accelerating deterioration from years of spreadsheet-based, reactive “worst-first” maintenance and an overreliance on mill-and-fill resurfacing. This subjective approach neglected routine preventive treatments, increased long-term capital costs, and limited the city’s ability to make data-driven budgeting and performance decisions.

Raleigh implemented Trimble’s AgileAssets pavement management system (with implementation support) to replace subjective inspections with objective analysis, optimize treatment selection, and test funding scenarios. The program delivers ~90%‑accurate segment assessments, is reducing the annual PCI decline by about 1 point (translating to $8–9M in annual maintenance savings), and has enabled a broader mix of cost-effective preservation treatments while expanding digital asset management across bridges, sidewalks, and other infrastructure.

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