From the City of Great Bend...
The City of Great Bend Public Works Department would like to inform the public of this year’s projects pertaining to driving surfaces. Each year we select streets and projects based on condition assessment and what can be done within the budget we have. Below are the projects for this year.
At the upcoming council meeting on Aug. 5, we will be presenting select asphalt alleyways that have been ongoing issues, with the majority of them in residential areas. This work will involve alleys that have been patched and repaired multiple times throughout the years. Overlaying these will alleviate the need to continue patching and making repairs for years to come, allowing us to focus our attention on other areas of concern.
The largest component of this year’s improvement will be the upcoming bid for work involving our asphalt resurfacing. This is the part of the plan where the work is more involved. We will bid out areas of repair that are not suitable for maintenance but will need to have a complete resurfacing. These areas still have a good base, but the surface needs to be removed and redone.
In June the council approved our chip and seal with a fog seal topcoat maintenance plan that will begin within the next few months. Chip and seal is a process that provides a wear surface on top of streets that need an extra layer to extend the overall life of the street. This year we will do 60 blocks of streets of chip and seal with a fog seal topcoat.
These projects are in addition to the work that our crews do every day such as asphalt patching, pouring concrete intersections, curb and gutter, alley approaches and storm boxes. Each year we continue to work to improve and preserve our infrastructure. We are committed to staying within budget, enhancing safety, functionality, and overall quality of our infrastructure.
If you have any questions or concerns, contact Jason Cauley, Public Works Director at (620) 793-4150 or [email protected].