Street Report Reveals New Issue

At least 200 specific streets have been surveyed and found to be in need of repair and resurfacing. Last week, the survey added a section of streets east of Marguerite Parkway, north of Crown Valley and south of Felipe.

The condition of 24 streets in this area ranges from “some damaged segments” to “all-over cracking.” The streets are Jardines, Tossamar, Benisa, Cipres, Ayamonte, Tajo, Nogal, Sombras, Beniform, Encinas, Cordova Canyon, Monzano, Huerta, Cedros, Rosario, Pineula, Principe, Pinocha, La Fuente, Setenil, Nubles, El Retiro, Miraflores and Colmenar. Jardines, Tossamar and El Retiro are long streets with some damaged areas.

According to a city graphic, “Residential Resurfacing and Slurry Seal Program,” streets listed above are in a section of town that won’t be treated until Fiscal Year 2013-2014. Many of the streets are already in such condition they should be repaired this year.

Residents noticed an odd phenomenon that some of the longer and more heavily traveled streets are in better shape than the less-traveled short ones. It gives rise to the question of whether all streets in the section were resurfaced three to four years ago in the city’s seven-year plan. The less-traveled streets are all gray to light gray and worn. From the above list, even the streets in best condition (and darker in color) are in need of slurry-sealing this year.

Does the city inspects all street work conducted by contractors? If so, have all streets been visited by a city employee after a contractor claims an entire section has been resurfaced? Residents are reporting that street repairs are superficial and/or substandard. For example, cracks are reemerging within a year after a street is slurry-sealed, as if underlying damage was covered over without being repaired. Cracks that are “treated” with a decorative line of tar are reopening within a few months. As for aesthetic results, a spider web of tar on cracks only emphasizes the damage.