Pavement Navigators August 2026 LNL: Doing More with The Same or Less

Doing More With the Same or Less: Practical Pavement Preservation Strategies for Local Governments | Pavement Navigators Lunch & Learn With growing infrastructure demands and limited transportation budgets, local governments face mounting pressure to preserve their roadway networks while making every dollar count. In this 1-hour Pavement Navigators Lunch & Learn, featured presenter Tim Herbst of Slurry Pavers, Inc. shares practical, data-driven strategies that help agencies extend pavement life, improve roadway conditions, and prioritize maintenance investments before costly failures occur. Using real-world North Carolina projects — including Durham, Stallings, and New Bern — this session breaks down how to get the right treatment on the right road at the right time, and how to build a preservation program that maximizes limited resources. What you'll learn: • How to identify the right pavement preservation treatment at the right time • The life-cycle benefits of proactive, preventive maintenance • When certain treatments may NOT deliver the expected return on investment • How accurate pavement condition assessments and modern data-collection technologies support defensible budgeting • How to strengthen capital improvement planning and long-term asset management • Lessons from real North Carolina local-agency projects Featured Presenter: Tim Herbst — Business Development & Technical Marketing Manager, Slurry Pavers, Inc. Tim brings 26 years of experience in the pavement preservation industry and serves on the NC APWA Streets Division, the Southeast U.S. Pavement Preservation Partnership, and the NC and SC Pavement Preservation Councils. Moderator: Steve Lander, PE — Owner of Pavement Navigators, with 33+ years of pavement design and construction experience.