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Paving projects started Monday in Vancouver, and residents can expect to encounter crews around the city through the rest of the summer and into fall.
Major streets on the city’s to-do list this year include Southeast -McGillivray Boulevard and Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard. In all, 290 center-lane miles, or roughly half of the city’s street system, were evaluated for some type of treatment, said Loretta Callahan, spokeswoman for the city’s department of public works.
Options include pavement overlays for the most heavily traveled corridors or cheaper alternatives such as microsurfacing or slurry, chip or cape seals.
As work depends on cooperation from Mother Nature, the city doesn’t post a precise schedule but signs will be posted to alert drivers to possible delays and encourage alternate routes, Callahan said.
The city’s pavement management program will cost an estimated $6.5 million this year; funding comes from local property, sales and real estate excise taxes.
Callahan said contracts for overlay paving, microsurfacing, slurry sealing, chip sealing and curb ramp construction total slightly more than $5.55 million. The remainder covers the cost of street repairs and crack sealing prior to treatments, assessment of pavement conditions, curb ramp and overlay engineering, tree trimming to allow for construction equipment where needed, and striping after the treatments have been completed.
Overlays are planned for the following streets: Washington Street, from West 5th Street to Mill Plain Boulevard; Broadway, from East McLoughlin Boulevard to Fourth Plain Boulevard; East Mill Plain Boulevard from Grand Boulevard to Manzanita Way; East Evergreen Boulevard, from Grand Boulevard to South Blandford Drive; South Andresen Road, from East Evergreen Boulevard to Corregidor Road; Northeast Hearthwood Boulevard, from Southeast 1st Street to Northeast 144th Avenue; and Northeast 18th Street, from 141st Avenue to 162nd Avenue.
For microsurfacing and slurry, chip or cape seals, the city alternates yearly between east and west Vancouver.
The focus this year will be mainly east of Interstate 205, Callahan said, and areas slated for work include Northeast Burton Road/28th Street, Southeast McGillivray Boulevard, Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard, Southeast Tech Center Drive, Southeast 15th Street and Southeast 192nd Avenue.
Affected neighborhoods are Airport Green, Bennington, Burton Ridge, Cascade Highlands, East Old Evergreen Highway, Fisher’s Creek, Fisher’s Landing East, Hearthwood, Image, Landover-Sharmel, Mountain View, North Image, Oakbrook and Riveridge.
