City outlines 2025 street‑improvement list: nine reconstructions, Cape Seal preservation and Eastern Avenue sidewalk

City Engineer Anne Pagano presented the city’s proposed 2025 street reconstruction and pavement preservation program at the Jan. 13 study session, describing how staff prioritized streets, which treatments are planned, and the anticipated schedule for bidding and construction.

Pagano told commissioners the engineering team prioritized streets primarily by pavement condition (PASER ratings) and by the need for underlying utility replacement. The reconstruction list includes multiple residential streets with PASER ratings of 2 (examples discussed in the presentation: Ninth Street, Eleventh Street, Twelfth Street, Fulton and Griffin). Proposed work on those streets ranges from full reconstruction with new water mains, sanitary manhole work, and storm improvements to installing bioswales and dry wells where water quality measures are feasible.

Prevention and preservation: The city will use Cape Seal for a large set of streets identified in the packet; Cape Seal combines a chip seal and a micro‑surface and is considerably less expensive than full mill‑and‑fill, while still extending pavement life. Pagano said Cape Seal has…