Street paving, sidewalk plan approved in Fayetteville

Transportation crews are set to repave over 7 miles of streets and build nearly 10,000 feet of sidewalks this year.

City Council members this week approved a plan for 34 overlay and sidewalk projects, as recommended by the council’s Transportation Committee in November.

Some of the largest projects are on East Dickson Street, Markham Road, and Maple Street.

East Dickson Street is set to be repaved between College and Fletcher avenues, and to receive a new sidewalk, curb and gutter on the south side of East Dickson from Washington Avenue to Fletcher. A sidewalk on East Dickson was originally part of the 2013-14 plan, but was shifted to 2015 to coincide with the planned overlay work.

Work on Markham Road is scheduled to include new pavement between Razorback Road and Cross Avenue, and a new sidewalk on the south side of Markham between Cross and Palmer avenues. The new sidewalk will tie into existing paths on Markham from Cross to Pratt Place Inn, and recently completed sidewalks along Cross and Halsell Road.

Planned projects on Maple Street include both pavement and a new sidewalk between Leverett and Gregg avenues.

Some of the newer streets – ones that are showing wear, but haven’t developed cracks and potholes – will receive a microseal treatment instead of traditional repaving work.

During the miscroseal process, a liquid mixture treatment is applied to the surface of the street which binds the asphalt and fills cracks and worn areas of the pavement. The sealant restores the road to a uniform texture and seals the surface to prevent moisture and air intrusion.

Officials said the microseal treatment dries quicker than other methods and costs less than half of what it takes to grind away and replace the existing surface. The process can add up to 10 years of life to asphalt surfaces that normally last only about 15 years.

2015 Street Paving Project Locations and Lengths

Ward 1	From	To	Length
Camron Cir	Cul-de-sac	Kyle Dr	190 ft.
Cody Cir	Cul-de-sac	Kyle Dr	192 ft.
Coleman Ave	Cato Springs Rd	Dead End	994 ft.
Dickson St	College Ave	Fletcher Ave	2,220 ft.
Kyle Dr	Cody Cir	Clover Dr	550 ft.
Laverne Ave	Cato Springs Rd	Lorena Ln	1,157 ft.
Lorena Ln	Cul-de-sac	Laverne Ave	766 ft.

Ward 2	From	To	Length
Maple St	Leverett Ave	Gregg Ave	1,150 ft.
School Ave	Dickson St	Spring St	604 ft.
Spring St	West Ave	School Ave	400 ft.
Sutton St	Washington Ave	Walnut Ave	893 ft.
Walnut Ave	Maple St	Sutton St	900 ft.
Washington Ave	Davidson St	Dickson St	1,823 ft.
West Ave	Dickson St	Meadow St	971 ft.
Willow Ave	Rebecca St	Dickson St	2,358 ft.

Ward 3	From	To	Length
Harold St	College Ave	Loxley Ave	2,429 ft.
Pembroke Rd	Shrewsbury Ln	Rockwood Tr	1,417 ft.
Sheryl Ave*	Harold St	Oaks Manor Dr	2,586 ft.
Shrewsbury Ln	Ridgeway Dr	Pembroke Rd	1,217 ft.
Stubblefield Rd*	Harold St	Old Missouri Rd	2,890 ft.

Ward 4	From	To	Length
Boxley Ave*	Dover St	Cul-de-sac	2,299
Brook Dr	Wedington Dr	Dead End	944 ft.
Caddo Ave*	Genoa Ave	Prescott St	1,247 ft.
Desarc Way*	Dover St	Boxley Ave	687 ft.
Fieldstone Ave*	Genoa Ave	Wedington Dr	2,554 ft.
Genoa Ave*	Dover St	Prescott St	1,672 ft.
Markham Rd	Cross Ave	Razorback Rd	1,820 ft.
Ponca St*	51st St	Boxley Ave	1,900 ft.
Prescott St*	Genoa Ave	Caddo Ave	296 ft.

* Microseal projects

2015 Sidewalk Improvement Project Locations and Lengths

Ward 1	From	To	Length
Dickson St	Washington Ave	Fletcher Ave	1,750 ft.
School Ave	MLK Blvd	15th St	2,530 ft.

Ward 2	From	To	Length
Maple St	Leverett Ave	Gregg Ave	2,370 ft.

Ward 3	From	To	Length
Mission Blvd	Viewpoint Dr	Cambridge Dr	2,235 ft.

Ward 4	From	To	Length
Markham Rd	Cross Ave	Palmer Ave	1,032 ft.