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The city will start paving streets next month as part of a plan to repair more than 10 miles of roads by the end of the year.

Next week the City Council plans to approve a nearly $2.6 million bid for Callanan Industries of Schenectady to pave streets citywide, focusing on the Bellevue and Woodlawn neighborhoods.

In addition to streets in the neighborhoods, the city will also focus on paving main roads like Altamont Avenue and Broadway and installing sidewalks at Vale Cemetery and Central Park’s Rose Garden.

“The big things this year are entrances to the city like Albany Street, Altamont Avenue and Edison Street,” said City Engineer Chris Wallin. “Those are the three big ones that we want to address. We are looking to focus on Bellevue and Woodlawn, with 70 percent of the funding going to those districts.”

Street paving plans Street paving plans The city of Schenectady’s 2015 paving program targets streets in the Bellevue and Woodlawn neighborhoods. The city is looking to pave a total of more than 10 miles of streets this year. Here’s a list of streets on the list to be paved: Contractor mill and single course overlay Albany Street (Route 7 to city line) • Altamont Avenue (Chrisler to city line) • Broadway (4th to city line) • Chrisler Avenue (Altamont to city line) • Cromer Avenue (State to Consaul) • Edison Avenue (I-890 to Weaver) • Watt Street (Route 7 to Albany) • Cedar Street (Cherry to Broadway) • Cherry Street (Wemple to Campbell) • Crane Street (Broadway to Main) • Dartmouth Street (Albany to State) • Fourth Street (Congress to dead end) • Thompson Street (Broadway to Guilderland) • Turner Avenue (Odell to Cherry) Contractor mill, city paving • Brower Street (Altamont to Van Velsen) • Catalyn Street (Brower to Dongan) •Dongan Street (Van Velsen to Catalyn) •High Avenue (Lee to Daniels) • Highland Avenue (Wendell to Gerling) • Lee Avenue (Dead end to dead end) • Mader Street (Rosa to dead end) •Park Avenue West (Lee to Daniels) Hot-mix recycling and single course overlay • Altamont Avenue (Hawthorne and Chrisler) • Bradford Street (McDonald to Maryvale) • Corlaer Avenue (State to Van Dyke) • Daniels Avenue (Golf to Consaul) • Dewitt Street (State to Balltown) • Gifford Road (Albany to end) •Lorraine Avenue (State to Balltown) • Maryvale Drive (Bradford to Clement) • Park Avenue (Consaul to golf) • Shirley Drive (State to Balltown) • Wells Avenue (Bradford to Chadwick) • Woodlawn Street (Bradford to Maryvale

The paving program will include several types of paving like mill and fill and hot-mix recycling with overlay. The two options are less expensive than actually rebuilding roads, Wallin said.

In his State of the City Address in January, Mayor Gary McCarthy pledged to pave more than 10 miles of city streets this year. The paving program will address a total of 10.12 miles.

“All the paving program does is road rehabilitation, which includes mill and fill and hot-mix recycling,” Wallin said. “There will be no rebuilding of streets. We want to stick with our 10-mile goal for this year.”

Wallin said the paving will probably start at the beginning of next month, after the city works to fill more potholes first.

Some roads that will be paved by Callanan Industries as part of the program include Broadway, Chrisler Avenue, Cromer Avenue, Edison Avenue and Watt Street.

Streets that the contractor will mill but the city will pave include Brower Street, Catalyn Street, Dongan Avenue, High Avenue, Highland Avenue, Lee Avenue, Mader Street and Park Avenue West.

“The program is flexible,” Wallin said. “Now is a good time to reevaluate the condition of some roads, whether to move some roads up or down the list. I try not to take roads off the list. We’re also identifying smaller isolated areas for city crews to pave because that saves us money.”

The paving program also allocates funding, from the city’s general fund, to install sidewalks at the new entrance to Vale Cemetery and Central Park’s Rose Garden.

The Rose Garden sidewalk will connect the entrance to Central Park at Wright Avenue with the garden entrance and the existing sidewalk on Central Parkway, west of the garden.

The sidewalk is part of the Rose Garden’s master plan, along with installing new light fixtures and light poles. The Rose Garden will reimburse the city a total of $30,000 for the light fixtures.

“The lighting will be a new aesthetically pleasing element to the garden entrance and will add an additional level of security and safety to the garden, which is an important goal for us,” said Rose Garden Restoration Committee President Matthew Cuevas in a letter to Wallin.

“While the garden occasionally receives some vandalism, we hope the new lighting will help to deter any future occurrences,” Cuevas said.

The sidewalks at Vale Cemetery and the Rose Garden will not be built until the end of construction season, around September, Wallin said.

The paving will be funded by the city’s general fund, the state Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS), and the federal Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG).

Callanan Industries was the low bid, received on April 1, for the paving program. The City Council will vote to approve the contract during a meeting on Monday.