By: Ross Catrow

Over the last eight years, Bobby Vincent, Director of Public Works, and his street crews have been hard at work paving street after street, neighborhood after neighborhood all across Richmond. With constant attention (and financial support in the budget), DPW has paved thousands of lane miles of streets (we have over 2,400 in the City). Over the last six years, that hard work brought the percentage of our streets with a “Paving Condition Index” (PCI) of Satisfactory or Good from 35% in 2018 all the way up to 75% in 2024!

But what does “all across Richmond” actually mean? Check out the below .gif to see how many of our streets’ PCI shifted from reddish (Serious, Very Poor, Poor) in 2017 to a soothing sea of green (Satisfactory, Good) in 2024. This kind of citywide quality-of-life improvement makes a big difference to all users of our streets—people who ride, roll, take the bus, or even drive.

P.S. If you’ve got a pothole that needs filling or a road that needs repairing, head on over to RVA311.com and submit a request.