The city of Huntsville on Thursday released a list of 51 city streets that it is planning to repave at some point in 2019.

It’s a $7 million project along with $600,000 in street maintenance in repairs that go beyond the more high-profile projects with a $275 million price tag.

“The good news is, we’re building roads,” Mayor Tommy Battle said. “The bad news is, we’re paving roads.”

Or, put another way, “Probably everybody will pass an orange barrel in the next year on any of our major corridors,” city director of engineer Kathy Martin said.

Yes, the major projects are still scheduled for 2019 – such as the Research Park Boulevard, a Memorial Parkway overpass at Mastin Lake Road and the already-underway Cecil Ashburn Drive widening.

It adds up to about 160 lane miles of roadwork – or, as Martin said, about the equivalent of building a two-lane road from Huntsville to Chattanooga.

“As we grow as a community, we have to continue to grow our infrastructure,” Battle said. “so that we can maintain some of the things that have made us a great city – the 18-20 minute commute on a day-to-day basis. We want to make sure we can maintain that and the only way to do that is to grow our infrastructure as fast as we’re growing our city.

But the smaller projects – which will directly affect neighborhood traffic in certain areas – include more than four dozen streets in all five city council districts.

So how were those 51 streets chosen?

“We have a rating system in place,” said Chris McNeese, the city’s director of public works. “As our roads are subjected to day-to-day use, traffic, UV degradation and different weather elements, they begin to deteriorate and develop deficiencies – potholes and cracks. Our roads undergo inspection every two years.”

The roads with the worst ratings move to the top of the list, McNeese said.

The city outlines its road projects on its website at HuntsvilleAL.gov/RoadworkUpdates. To report a pothole, visit HuntsvilleAL.gov/HuntsvilleConnect.

Here is the list of roads scheduled for resurfacing this year:

District 1

Kenard Avenue from the dead end to Pulaski Pike

Meridian Street from Winchester Road to Memorial Parkway

Monroe Street from Memorial Parkway to Governors Drive

Pueblo Drive from Blue Springs Road to Melrose Road

District 2

Becket Drive from Castlegate Boulevard to the end

Bluefield Avenue from California Street to Tennessee Street

Castlegate Boulevard from Monte Sano Boulevard to end

Dale Road from South Shawdee Road to end

Joe Circle from Joey Road to end

Joe Road from Ashley Road to end

Parkhill Road from Governors Drive to Big Cove Road

Raincreek Trail from Spicewood Trail to Saddletree Boulevard

Redbud Drive from Washington Street to Virginia Boulevard

Thornton Court from Thornton Avenue to end

Toll Gate Circle from Toll Gate Road to end

White Street from Pratt Avenue to Ward Avenue

Zandale Drive from Treemont Street to Monarch Drive

District 3

Anthony Drive from Lyngate Drive to Leeward Drive

Cap Adkins Road from Hobbs Island Road to Hegia Burrow Road

Columbia Drive from Rothmore Drive to Noel Drive

Don’s Court from Box Canyon Road to end

Haiti Drive from Pioneer Road to Bonnie Oaks Drive

Halstead Court from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac

Hogan Drive from Lily Flagg Road to Dell Avenue

Hymer Road from Cole Drive to Four Mile Post Road

Leeward Drive from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac

Memorial Parkway from Mythewood Drive to Rothmore Drive

Nightingale Circle from Skylark Drive to end

Petitt Circle from Hickory Hill Lane to end

Rangewood Circle from Nadina Drive to end

Ryefield Place from Greentree Trail to end

Wrenwood Drive from Greenview Drive to end

District 4

Brahan Avenue from Seminole Drive to Indiana Street

Fairview Street from Spruce Avenue to Drake Avenue

Governor’s House Drive from Jordan Lane to Bob Wallace Avenue

Indiana Street from Governors Drive to Clinton Avenue

Lockwood Court from McCalley Place to Binderton Place

Newport Drive from McClung Avenue to end

Wind Trace Circle from Bob Wallace Avenue to end

District 5

Gamma Circle from dead end to Blue Springs Road

Henderson Road from Rockhouse Road to Wall Street

Myrtlewood Drive from Lancewood Drive end

Research Drive from Wynn Drive to Corporate Drive

Retail Drive from Putman Drive to end

Rime Village Drive from Enterprise Way to end

Rita Circle from Rita Lane to end

Thornhill Road from Blue Springs Road to Greenhill Drive

Von Braun Drive from Dan Tibbs Road to Spacegate Drive

Wall Street from Swancott Road to Rabbit Lane

Wynn Drive from Bradford Drive to Old Madison Pike

Clinton Avenue from Triana Boulevard to California Street/Andrew Jackson Way