Streets

The Streets Division is responsible for the repair and maintenance of 220 miles of paved streets and 30 miles of dirt streets. The Streets Division is also responsible for alleys, public parking lots, and storm drainage systems in the City. The Division is functionally divided into four work crews. The Truck and Equipment crew performs heavy construction for other City departments, maintains and builds dirt streets, builds milled asphalt streets, maintains dirt alleys, constructs and maintains retention ponds, and prepares areas for paving. The Concrete Construction crew repairs existing and constructs new concrete curb and gutters, sidewalks, headwalls, erosion control walls, curb inlets, collection boxes, manholes, and rundowns. The crew also installs storm drainage pipe and repairs and installs guardrails. The Street Maintenance crew is responsible for maintenance of all paved streets, alleys, and parking lots within the city. This work consists of potholes, utility cuts, crack sealing, and new paving of streets, alleys, and parking lots. The Street Sweeper and Cleanup crew is responsible for the sweeping of streets, alleys, and public parking lots. The Roadside crew cleans alleys, right of ways, medians, drainage channels, storm drain inlets, and miscellaneous repair work. The Street Division is also responsible for flood control when it rains, and snow and ice control in the winter.