Streets

Primary functions of the Streets division include: 

• Snow and ice removal
• Street resurfacing, 
• Street sweeping
• Everyday maintenance of streets and alleys
• Maintain and mow approximately 11 miles of dikes/levees and about 1,700 miles of canals and roadways yearly.
   

Street Maintenance and Repair

Pothole Patching: The goal is to patch areas to provide a safe street network throughout the City, fill potholes, seal cracks, and provide asphalt patching for the roadway system. Some 100 tons of hot and cold asphalt are used annually to patch holes in paved streets.

Gravel Street and Alley Maintenance: All gravel streets are graded as needed when time and weather permits. Gravel alleys are graded, and gravel is replaced depending on traffic flow. 

Street Sweeping: All streets are swept at least once a year. Major streets and those in the downtown area are swept more frequently. Sweeping is done year-round when weather permits.

Painting: The center line and lanes are painted each September and October. Those in high-traffic areas may be painted twice. School and pedestrian crosswalks are painted each summer. Approximately 300 gallons of paint and 1,900 pounds of glass beads are used yearly.

Street Reconstruction: Street construction entails the removal of the existing surface and repairing any base failure. Once the base has been repaired, the Street Department crews overlay this with asphalt or repair the brick-wearing surface.

Street Sign Maintenance: Arkansas City street signs consist of street name signs, speed limit signs, school zone signs, parking signs, etc. The department regularly repairs or replaces street names and regulatory signs. Vandalism accounts for a large percentage of those repairs and replacements.