The City of South Bend’s Department of Public Works released the 2018 paving list for the season at a press conference earlier today. With local asphalt plants opening last week, paving season will now be in full swing throughout the City with 26 lane miles of repaving planned for 2018. The City is able to pave an additional eight (8) lane miles, or a 40% increase, in paving due to funds available from the state gas tax increase passed in the 2017 General Assembly. Work will be completed by both City and contractor crews.

To determine the paving list, the Division of Streets worked in conjunction with the Division of Engineering to perform its annual assessment of the street surface conditions throughout the city using the industry accepted PASER rating system. In this system a rating of 1 indicates a failed road and 10 indicates excellent condition. Based on this rating, Division of Streets staff identified the lane miles of streets that are in the worst condition in the city and will be part of the 2018 paving program.

Each street will take approximately three to five days to complete. Streets must be milled and prepped prior to paving and will be closed during working operations (6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.). Signage will be posted prior to the start of work so residents and businesses are aware of the upcoming work.

Updates on other streets of interests: Work on Ironwood Drive is currently underway as part of the Ironwood Drive Pavement Rehabilitation and Intersection Project, which is funded through the State of Indiana’s Community Crossings Matching Grant. Paving work for Bendix Drive and Olive Street are in the procurement process for federal funds with hopes that these projects will be under construction in 2019. In the interim, the City will be doing temporary patches on Bendix Drive and Olive Street until federal funding is available. INDOT will be resurfacing S.R. 23 between Michigan St., near the South Bend Police Department, and Olive Street near the casino.

The 26 lanes miles of repaving work being done by City and contractor crews is listed below:

– 36th from Pleasant Street to Northside Boulevard

– Albert Avenue from Ford Street to Western Avenue

– Ardmore Trail from Sheridan Street to Woodland Avenue

– Berkshire Drive from Gotham Drive to Miami Street

– Brookmede Drive from Ironwood Drive to Woodmont Drive

– Cleveland Avenue from Vassar Avenue to Diamond Avenue

– Corby Boulevard from Hickory Road to Manchester Drive

– Dale Avenue from Ewing Avenue to Victoria Street

– Dale Avenue from Indiana Avenue to Dayton Street

– Dayton Street from Dale Avenue to High Street

– Duey Street from Howard Street to S.R. 23

– Dunham Street from Dundee Street to Kentucky Street

– E Marion Street from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Riverside Drive

– Elmer St from Elwood Avenue to Lincoln Way

– Esther Street from Colfax Avenue to McKinley Avenue

– Ford Street from Illinois Street to Falcon Street

– Fox Street from Michigan Street and St. Joseph Street

– High Street from Broadway Street to Calvert Street

– Huey Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street

– Ireland Road from Burnett Drive west to city limits

– Kaley Street from Ford Street to Western Avenue

– Mayflower Road from Western Avenue to Scenic Drive

– N Lee Court from Fairfax Drive to end of drive

– Navarre Street from St. Joseph Avenue to Riverside Drive

– Northshore Drive from Parkovash Avenue to Angela Boulevard

– Northshore Drive from Michigan Street to Niles Avenue

– Northside Boulevard from Logan Street to 30th Street

– Northwood Drive from Rockne Drive to Corby Boulevard

– Ostego Avenue from Pokagon Street to Angela Boulevard

– Pimms Lane from Topsfield Road to Topswood Lane

– Portland Lane from Arcadia Avenue to Spokane Lane

– Riverside Drive from Marion Street to Bartlett Street

– Riverside Drive from Bartlett Street to Michigan Street

– Rockne Drive from Sunnyside Street to Twyckenham Drive

– Sheridan Street from Western Avenue to Linden Avenue

– Silver Lane from Edison Avenue to Birchwood Avenue

– Spokane Lane from Portland Lane to Kettering Drive

– St. Joseph Avenue from Marion Street to Bartlett Street

– Sunnyside Avenue from E Wayne Street South to E South Street

– Swygart Street from Prairie Avenue to Donald Street

– Tasher Street from Fellows Street to end of drive

– Victoria Street from Erskine Boulevard to Miami Street

– Walnut Street from Western Avenue to Washington Street

– Wayne Street from Michigan Street to Lafayette Boulevard

– Western Avenue from Chapin Street to Scott Street

– Wilber Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street

– Williams Street from Lincoln Way West to Navarre Street

– Woodland Avenue from Grove Street to Edison Road

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