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| The Department of Public Works is responsible for the annual maintenance of 394 miles (approximately 802 lane miles) of streets and highways spread over a 43 square mile area. Streets are used for commercial and industrial purposes, provide mobility for residents, offer enhancements to one's quality of life, serve citizens in emergencies and provide access for public safety. Preserving the infrastructure and the investments made in it are of primary importance to a city. For safety and aesthetics, streets are swept quarterly, marked annually and cleared during snowstorms. Preventative and routine maintenance measures are on going to include: pothole patching, utility cut repair, crack sealing and most visibly, resurfacing. These activities combine to preserve the asset value of a city's street network. | ||
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Concrete streets have a functional life of 50 - 60 years (even longer as Kingsport's experiences have shown), while asphalt streets have an asset life of 15 - 20 years, if properly maintained. resurfacing is an integeral part of street maintenance; it provides a new wearing course for pavement affected by high traffic volumes, weather and oxidation damage.
Each year, city forces perform a condition assessment of the streets, rating pavement conditions for alligator cracks, bumps or sags, corrugation (wash boarding), edge breakups and drop-offs, joint cracking, rutting and general rideability. Streets are identified also because of sewer line installations or I and I (Inflow and Infiltration) work. |
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| Based on these criteria and available funding, streets are selected for resurfacing. The work is performed by both city crews and contractor crews depending upon city workloads. This fiscal year the list includes 34 of streets or 7.5 miles of resurfacing work. | ||
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| MILLING AND PAVING LIST | |||
| Street | From | To | Status |
| New St. | Cherokee St. | Shelby St. | Finished |
| Willow St. | Birch St. | Borden St. | Finished |
| Lamont St. | Willow St. | Sullivan St. | Finished |
| Pineola St. | Kings St. | Lamont St. | Finished |
| Warpath Dr. | Ft. Henry Dr. | Memorial Blvd. | Finished |
| Abilene Dr. | Skyland Dr. | Cooks Inlet | Finished |
| Stratford Rd. | Memorial Blvd. | End | Finished |
| PAVING AS PART OF SEWER INSTALLATIONS | |||
| Street | From | To | Status |
| Tenneva Dr. | Carters Valley Rd. | End | Finished |
| Flanders St. | Carters Valley Rd. | Fletcher Ave. | Finished |
| Fletcher Ave. | Flanders St. | End | Finished |
| Harrison Acw. | Carters Valley Rd. | Bell Ridge | Finished |
| Mayfield Ave. Rd. | Harrison Ave. | Rector St. | Finished |
| N. Holston River Dr. | Carters Valley Bridge | Mail Box #493 | Finished |
| Rector St. | Mayfield Ave. | Rector Dr. | Finished |
| Dickerson St. | Harrison Ave. | End | Finished |
| Brumley St. | Dickerson St. | Bell Ridge | Finished |
| Clonce Ave. | Brumley St. | End | Finished |
| Austin St. | Dora St. | End | Finished |
| Dora St. | Freeman Dr. | End | Finished |
| Primrose St. | Freeman Dr. | Austin St. | Finished |
| Gordon St. | Carters Valley Rd. | End | Finished |
| Freeman Dr. | Carters Valley Rd. | 2029 Freeman Dr. | Finished |
| Wall St. | Freeman Dr. | End | Finished |
| Moccasin St. | Carters Valley Rd. | End | Finished |
| Shaw St. | Carters Valley Rd. | End | Finished |
| McConnell Rd. | Carters Valley Rd. | End | Finished |
| McKenzie Dr. | N. Holston Dr. | Bell Ridge | Finished |
| Hurd Rd. | McKensie Dr. | End | Finished |
| Allgood St. | Harrison Ave. | End | Finished |
| Allgood Dr. | Harrison Ave. | End | Finished |
| Paris Ave. | Bell Ridge | Harrison Dr. | Finished |
| Bell Ridge Rd. | Harrison Ave. | Bell Ridge Dr. | Finished |
| Bell Ridge Dr. | Dickerson St. | End | Finished |