PUBLIC WORKS | STREETS

CITY INVESTING $17 MILLION IN STREET IMPROVEMENTS

The City completed $3.1 million in asphalt enhancements in 2021 and plans to do another $1.6 million in crack sealing, pavement sealing and ONYX seal coating to seal cracks, add strength to the roadway, and improve the smoothness of the streets.

The major street improvement projects in the City include the Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard Corridor Enhancements, Tyler Bike Stripes and the Cambridge Road Improvement Project.

With 80 percent of the work complete on MLK Jr. Boulevard, the remaining work includes replacing traffic signals at Palace Avenue and repairing a drainage issue. The extensive $8.5 million Cambridge Road project got underway in January 2021, and is expected to be completed in April 2022.

The street distress ratings and the final pavement condition assessment report will be completed in 2021. The Pavement Condition Index is used in addition to physical evaluations of the streets to determine the need for crack sealing, overlay work or street reconstruction.