Streets

Streets Division at a Glance

Core Duties

  • Snow & ice removal
  • Street resurfacing and sweeping
  • Routine street and alley maintenance
  • Care of 11 miles of dikes/levees
  • Upkeep of 1,700 miles of canals and roadways each year

Street Maintenance & Repair

  • Potholes: ~100 tons of asphalt used annually
  • Gravel roads & alleys: Graded and re-graveled as needed
  • Reconstruction: Repair base failures, overlay with asphalt or restore bricks

Street Sweeping

  • Every street swept at least once yearly
  • Downtown & major routes swept more often

Painting

  • Center lines, lanes, and crosswalks repainted yearly
  • ~300 gallons of paint and 1,900 lbs of glass beads used each year

Street Signs

  • Maintains street names, speed limits, parking, and school zone signs
  • Vandalism is the leading cause of replacements