The Aurora City Council has approved around $4.4 million to resurface almost 22 lane miles of road on the city’s East Side.
The project is the first of two that are expected to be completed this year. In total, the two projects are expected to resurface 44 miles of city streets, according to a staff report.
Work on the roads outlined in this first project will be done by Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc., which submitted the lowest-cost bid for the project.
A contract with the company was approved on Tuesday as a part of the Aurora City Council meeting’s consent agenda, which is typically reserved for routine or non-controversial items that are all approved with a single vote. So, aldermen did not discuss the contract at the meeting.
The project known as “2026 Citywide Street Resurfacing – EAST” is planned to resurface just over 50 roads, either in part or in whole.
Those roads include: Dunnhill Lane, Ione Lane, Ione Court, Royal Lane, Congrove Drive, Vaughn Circle, Jamestown Lane, Cove Court, Edinburgh Lane, Edinburgh Court, White Eagle Drive, Lynnfield Court, Camden Lane, Dover Lane, Carriage Way, Carriage Court, South Oakhurst Drive, Royal Troon Drive, Tahoe Court, Bayhill Court, La Jolla Court, La Costa Court, Whitethorn Drive, Red Bard Court, Red Bard Road, Bayfield Drive, Seaview Drive, Squaw Valley Trail, Spring Valley Court, Warwick Court, Holland Court, Needham Court, Rockland Drive, Bridgeport Lane, Cambria Court, Cushing Lane, Red Hawk Ridge Court, Shadow Hills Lane, Vicksburg Lane, Belvedere Lane, Metropolitan Street, Conservatory Lane, O’Brien Drive, Stratford Court, Essex Court, Regency Court, Normandy Court, Echo Lane, Drexel Avenue, Lewisburg Lane, Central Park Lane, Long Grove Drive and Station Boulevard.
These roads are located within the 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th wards, according to Tim Weidner, a city engineering coordinator.
Construction is expected to begin in May and be completed by September, according to the staff report. Each individual street will see work for around eight to 10 weeks, with some impact to local traffic, city staff wrote in the report.
The project will be paid for primarily through neighborhood improvement capital funds, with smaller amounts coming from the city’s motor fuel tax fund and its sewer fund, the staff report shows.
In total, Aurora maintains around 1,300 lane miles of streets, staff said in the report. Those roads have a surface life expectancy of around 20 to 25 years.
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