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Bartlett staff outlines 2025 paving work and asks for clearer public schedule
Summary
City staff described current and near-term paving work including crack sealing, fog-and-chip seals and an HA5 sealer trial; said TDOT awarded roughly $20 million over five years after a larger application; staff asked to publish a more regular paving schedule for residents.
City of Bartlett staff gave aldermen an update on the city’s 2025 paving program, listing roads scheduled for crack sealing, fog-and-chip sealing, and a trial sealer, and asked for clearer, more frequent public scheduling.
The briefing matters because residents repeatedly ask when their streets will be paved; staff said they are using multiple treatment products this year to extend pavement life and have secured some state aid for larger projects.
Staff said work already under way includes recent overlays on sections near Altria and Star Valley and other streets in that area. Several corridors have been crack sealed in preparation for fog-and-chip sealing, including Memphis-Arlington between Germantown Parkway and Brunswick, Brunswick Road between Memphis-Arlington and Old Brownsville, the Old Brownsville section from Brunswick to Germantown, and a portion of Germantown Road leading down to Highway 70. John Horn, assistant director of engineering, said, “We're also gonna go over into Hunter's Walk, and we're gonna do an application over there.” He said the Hunter’s Walk work will use a sealer called HA5 intended to lock moisture and improve longevity.
Horn told the board the city applied to the Tennessee Department of Transportation for roughly $50 million to $60 million in funding but received about $20 million spread over the next five years. “We only got about I think 20,000,000 of that over the next 5 years of future projects,” Horn said. He identified a planned TDOT-funded Brunswick Road project that would extend from Lakeside to Memphis-Arlington and said Elmore and Elmore Park roads are also slated for TDOT-supported work.
Aldermen discussed methods of publishing a clearer, repeatable paving schedule. Staff said they post progress on social media “as we go” and acknowledged residents would prefer a consolidated, regularly refreshed list of planned work for the fiscal year. City staff said the FY2026 paving bid package will be advertised as usual and that the communications team can publish more frequent updates.
Board members and staff also discussed how extreme weather and freeze-thaw cycles shorten pavement life and the mayor’s ongoing planning for future paving cycles. No formal action was taken; staff committed to improving public communications about paving plans and to continue pursuing TDOT funding and planned local projects.
