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Street Department
Director of Engineering: Louis Najar Street Superintendent: Quinton Miller
The Street Department has gotten fired up about fixing our street. The streets we have gotten hot about are South Main Street, West Alameda St, and North Sycamore Ave. Sections of these streets have had a major facelift this year. With the help of Dustrol, a contracted hot recycle company. Asphalt is heated in place, remixed, laid back down, and then compacted. You may have noticed the heater trucks leading a parade of other equipment during this process. The Dustrol process on these streets is an investment of $715,972.30 for the 1st phase of the work. This phase involved 4 city employees and lasted 6 weeks. After the surface improvement of the Hot-inPlace process, the street is covered with a Micro Surface Type III process. This will seal the surface of the asphalt and give a more consistent driving surface. This will be at an investment of $504,923.16. This phase involved 4 city employees and lasted 4 weeks. To finish the job once the micro surface is fully cured the street markings are restored. All lane markings, turn arrows, and crosswalks are restored. The cost for the remarking of the streets is covered in the budget under a scheduled striping contract.
The work shown here is performed by contracted companies with specialized equipment doing one part of each project. Not all streets require the extensive work described above to improve and protect the street for longer life. A good number of streets in the North East areas and part of South Park Cemetery underwent a Slurry Seal process as part of the street maintenance plan. This in part was contracted work at an investment of $1,192,463.33. This project involved 7 employees and lasted 3 weeks.
