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Big and small street projects get underway

With warmer weather creating conditions ripe for paving, crews are getting started on annual street maintenance and two other significant street projects in Sierra Vista this spring.
 
The City typically conducts its planned annual street maintenance project each spring when temperatures are ideal for asphalt work and the summer rains have yet to arrive. That’s true again this year, with repairs moving forward in three Sierra Vista neighborhoods.
 
The bid for the City’s annual street maintenance project was recently awarded to KE&G and crews got started doing patch work in the neighborhood around North Avenue between Fry Boulevard and Taylor Drive last week. Crews will begin laying down a sand seal in that same area Monday as conditions allow, starting with Fry Boulevard between Garden and Carmichael avenues and then heading up North Avenue.
 
Sand seals will next be completed along the neighborhood streets south of Golf Links Road between Regency Drive and Town and Country Drive, where patch work was completed last year. Sunburst Drive, Sunburst Place, and Sunview Way will also receive sand seals as part of the same project.
 
Sand seals are a cost-effective way to improve the surface and extend the life of streets before they deteriorate to a point where a more costly reconstruction is required. The City identifies street maintenance projects using a Pavement Condition Index Survey, which helps make the most of limited resources.
 
The annual street maintenance project is expected to wrap up by June. For maps showing the specific streets where work is taking place, head here.
 
Motorists and pedestrians are advised to find alternate routes around the construction activity when possible. If travel through the area is necessary, please use caution, heed all warning signs, and stay clear of any construction equipment. Residents in the areas receiving sand seals will be notified via door hangers before work begins.
 
In addition to the annual street maintenance, two other significant street projects are getting underway in Sierra Vista this spring too. Read more to get updates the extension of Avenida Escuela and repairs to Charleston Road.