Asheville Reporter

 City of Asheville issued the following announcement on Dec. 23.

The City of Asheville Public Works Department currently maintains just over 400 miles of streets and nearly 200 miles of sidewalk within the city. With a 2022 calendar year budget just over 2 million dollars,  Streets division teams hit the streets,  tasked with carrying out the maintenance designed to safely keep our community moving. 

Wyatt St before paving

Hollywood Street Intersection and ADA curbs: Before and After

So how did we do in 2022?

Nearly 100-percent project completion!

Check out the list below of the surfaces and miles that went under the roller this year as part of the City of Asheville’s annual effort to maintain the streets and sidewalks that connect our community. 

Surface Paving 2022

Surface Name & Location / Mileage Paved

Arlington St (Furman to Hollywood) 0.09

Azalea Rd E (roundabout to dog park) 0.42

Bull Mountain Rd (Pinedale Rd to Campground Rd) 0.35

Century Blvd 0.17

College St (Beaumont St. to Beaucatcher Rd) 0.12

Edgelawn RD (Midland to Stratford) 0.28

Fenner Ave (Stillwell to Lookout) 0.3

Forsythe St (Woodrow to Hillside) 0.12

Granby St (Biltmore Ave to first curve) 0.05

Grovepoint Way 0.08

Herron Ave 0.37

Hollywood S t0.07

Hospital Dr 0.12

Hubbard Ave 0.25

Imperial Court 0.21

Irwin St 0.12

Liberty St 0.39

Lookout Rd (Barnard Ave to EOM) 0.14

Maple Crescent St 0.16

Mardell Circle (Downing St to Woodstock Lane) 0.18

N. Bear Creek R (Bear Creek Dr. to W Rash Rd) 0.92

Ottari Rd 0.29

Ozark Spring Lane 0.12

Piercy St 0.09

Richmond Hill Dr.  0.35

Stillwell St 0.03

Swindle St. 0.1

Thurland Ave (Keebler Rd to dead end) 0.22

West Chapel Road (Robinson to Caribou) 0.16

West St (Woodrow to Hillside) 0.13

Wyatt St 0.52

TOTAL MILEAGE 6.92

That’s an 85.96% completion rate

So what’s still “in the works”?

Here in Asheville, Mother Nature sometimes likes to have her say. City of Asheville crews had to give her a nod and slide slated nightworks on College St, between Oak St and Charlotte St,  towards spring when warmer and drier weather better accommodates night work. City crews are working nights so you can keep moving through your day.

On Sulphur Springs Rd, where residents are enjoying new and improved stormwater drainage thanks to the folks in Public Works/ Stormwater, paving work will begin in spring of 2023 to allow ADA sidewalk improvements to be completed. 

City Council has approved nearly 4-million dollars to continue road maintenance efforts in 2023.                 

Original source can be found here.