AKRON, Ohio -- The city of Akron will start laying down asphalt this spring on about 54 miles of crumbling city streets.

“We are in the midst of another winter season that’s been wreaking havoc on our already deteriorating streets,” Mayor Dan Horrigan said in a news release, adding that construction will begin “as soon as the weather breaks and asphalt plants open for business.”

The 2019 resurfacing program has a budget of $7 million, including $4.15 million in funding through Issue 4, the increase in the city income tax from 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent. Voters approved the increase in 2017 for police, fire and roadway investments. Issue 4 funding accounts for the resurfacing of about 37 of the 54 miles of streets.

The city rates the condition of each street and paves the “worst first,” taking into consideration traffic conditions and clustering streets together to minimize mobilization costs and maximize efficiency. Resurfacing funds are distributed as "evenly as possible” across Akron’s 10 wards, the city said in the news release.

A list of streets slated for resurfacing, including alternate routes, is available here. A map that shows those streets, along with streets paved since 2013, is available here.

The city will ask in the coming weeks for bids for companies to complete the resurfacing work. Paving will begin in late April or early May and is expected to continue for about six months.

In addition to the normal asphalt resurfacing program, the city is looking at ways to address uneven and deteriorating brick roads. Repairs could involve temporarily removing bricks, repairing uneven foundations and returning original bricks or replacing damaged bricks with new ones.

The city paved 54.4 miles of city roads in 2018.

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