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The Street Maintenance Division's primary mission is to construct and maintain a street system that will provide safe and efficient transportation. This Division maintains the City's largest capital investment—122.58 lane miles of improved streets, 1.76 lane miles of unimproved streets and 9.05 miles of alleys. The Street Division is responsible for resurfacing, repairing and maintaining the streets, installing and maintaining street signs and markings, tree trimming, and repairing all established pavement markings. The Division also completes excavation and repair of deteriorating streets, gravel road grading, daily street sweeping, crack sealing, chipsealing, snow removal and sanding during the winter months, and weed control along the alleys. |
Street Resurfacing
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As part of the Street Division's maintenance program, crews chipseal street surfaces to protect them from water and weather damage and to keep them in good condition. A chipseal maintains the existing pavement, delaying further aging due to water and sun; and provides a moisture barrier and corrects existing pavement problems by sealing cracks. A chipseal application, as opposed to overlaying or reconstruction of the road, provides substantial savings to taxpayers and should last a minimum of eight years with minimal maintenance required. The City chipseals approximately 6.73 miles per year and is on an eight to nine year cycle.
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Surface Water Management (Storm Water)
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The City has 56.14 miles of Storm Drain collection lines and 1,457 catch basins throughout the City limits. Duties include Storm Drain maintenance and repair, cleaning of approximately eleven miles of Storm Drain lines and cleaning the catch basins annually. Staff also responds to hazardous material spills that may potentially discharge into the storm drain lines which discharge into the Snake River.
The City provides an annual leaf pickup service in the fall to protect the City's storm drains from becoming clogged with leaves, causing water to back up and create flooding hazards. Leaves, branches, garden plants and other yard debris is picked up by City staff and taken to the local Sanitary Service where it is decomposed at a local landfill. This service helps protect the storm drains as well as provides a service to the citizens for removing their organic yard debris. |
56.14 Miles of Storm Drain Collection Lines 1,457 Catch Basins |
