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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PAVING LIST | |||
Street | From | To | Status |
Beverly Hills St. | Memorial Blvd. | Locust St. | Finished |
Bond Dr. | Glenwood St. | Beverly Hills St. | Finished |
Bond Ln. | Bond Dr. | Beverly Hills St. | Finished |
Glenwood St. | Memorial Blvd. | Glenwood St. | Finished |
Bonita St. | Busbee St. | Locust St. | Finished |
Locust St. | Beverly Hills St. | Hawthorne St. | Finished |
Hawthorne St. | Bonita St. | Memorial Blvd. | Finished |
Woodridge Ave. | Amy Ave. | Orebank Rd. | Finished |
Chippendale Rd. | Ambleside Rd. | Malvern Rd. | Finished |
Mullins St. | 340 Mullins St. | Ridgecrest Ave. | Finished |
Ridgecrest Ave. | Mullins St. | Walker St. | Finished |
Wampler St. | Glen Ave. | Virgil Ave. | Finished |
Ashfield Dr. | Wiembley Dr. | Circle | Finished |
Cumberland St. | Market St. | Sullivan St. | Finished |
Island St. | Center St. | Market St. | Finished |
Sherwood Rd. | Ft. Henry Dr. | Konnarock Rd. | Finished |
Eastern Star Rd. | City Limit | Fordtown Rd. | Finished |
Boulder Ct. | Bloomingdale Pike | Circle | Finished |
Idle Hour Rd. | Clint St. | St. Eric's Ct. | Finished |
Lamberth St. | Chestnut Hills Dr. | City Limit | Finished |