Pavement And Roadways

Responsibilities

• The Engineering Department oversees the design and construction of asphalt and concrete streets in the city right-of-way. This does not include private streets such as those in mobile home courts and certain developments. Those areas are maintained by the owner of the mobile home court or by a home owner’s association or business. It also does not include maintenance work done by Public Works including things like pothole patching or repainting of pavement striping. 

• The Engineering Department performs a visual assessment of all city streets. The information is put into a computerized database to determine which ones require contracted maintenance. A citywide street repair project is contracted every year to fix areas most in need of maintenance. The maintenance is designed to extend the service life of the street so that costly, major reconstruction is not necessary. The costs associated with the street maintenance are special assessed to the benefiting lots in the neighborhood. The work is done by a private contractor.