For Immediate Release:
August 5, 2009
For more information, contact:
Sharon North – (804) 646-5607
Jemila Woodson – (804) 646-5665
City Begins Slurry Seal Paving Program
WHO: City of Richmond Department of Public Works
WHAT: Slurry seal paving program
WHEN: August 2009 through October 2009
WHERE:
Bellevue
Oregon Hill
North Highland Park
Dinwiddie Avenue
BACKGROUND: Slurry seal is a pavement restoration technique that consists of mixed asphalt, aggregate, and additives. The technique effectively preserves and extends roadway life by protecting it from the effects of weathering and normal wear and tear. During the project, there should be minimal interruption to traffic flow.
From refuse collection to pothole reports, Customer Care Center representatives are available at 3-1-1 to assist citizens with all of their Public Works needs. For more information on the City of Richmond, visit www.RichmondGov.com
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From the posted signs, it looks like Laurel Street will get repaved tomorrow (Thursday, August 6). Parking restricted from 7am to 6pm. Towing Enforced.
Earlier this week the City repaved Cherry Street. If you look at the photo below you can see where the old trolley tracks still show through.
Cherry Street
I am surprised that there have been no comments on this post, given the feedback I have heard from neighbors.
I guess you are referring to the stripe they left down laurel and that they just paved around cars. I am hoping they are coming back another day to complete the job, because it does look ridiculous.
What has been the consensus? I think it looks cheap, ugly and half a**ed (Laurel not included). Maybe the aggregate mix is hard to work with. But it beats all the potholes and if it is as durable as claimed, then it works out.
Has anyone noticed how this black pavement is raising the temp??? There must be an alternative…not seeking it here but…it sure is HOT!!!
does anyone know who we can talk to, to find out when/if they’re coming back to fix Laurel St? It’s ridiculous. They wouldn’t do that in a higher end neighborhood.
Oregon Hill is suffering from a depraved, twisted (and I mean that literally from the lines the pavement takes) paving job. Is anyone else as upset as I am with the pitiful paving work been done in the community. Are they finished? I certainly hope they are not. If they are, why did they even bother? It looked better when it was all patchwork, at least it matched. Could we have not waited a little longer and got the funding in order to get the same treatment that Idlewood got? A smooth pretty surface that goes from curb to curb. I would not even call what they have done a temporary fix. It’s shoddy work at best. The surface is not smooth, it’s uneven, not uniform in thicjness and is sure to be sweep away the next time the streets are cleaned. I have tried unsuccessfully to contact City Hall, but have only been trapped in voice mail he_l for hours on end, “Oh Sir, that’s not our department, let me transfer you.” Does anyone have a point of contact. I just walked out to see three city trucks parked around the neighborhood and not an employee in sight. Needless to say I am just a bit more than upset. Thank you in advance for any information or assistance.
The paving job is a cruel joke on the whole neighborhood! Everyone should call Marty Jewell-blow his phone up since he is so responsive to our needs. But City Hall is a joke too. I am thinking they are all payed off. Does anyone down there do their job, Building inspections and permits certainly don’t. Don’t even get me going about 311 operators- they just shine you on and nothing is ever done. Feel so good about my tax dollars at work.
I have to keep on as I am furious about the building inspectors non-response. Wish someone in the neighborhood would support complaints about the new 500 Cherry street monstrosity….just like everywhere else though…unconcerned when it’s not in your backyard, literally!!!!!!!! Dwight Jones should get an earful today from ALL Oregon Hill Residents!!!!
I spoke to the engineering dept and it turns out that the blacktop they half laid down is the prep work for the slurry seal, filling in cracks, low-lying areas etc. They’ll be back in a week or so to lay a uniform surface.
So that’s a relief.
They’re pretty close to the top of the curbing on Cherry. Hope they dont pave the brick sidewalk!
The work you’re seeing now is the prep work. We know it looks bad, but we need to do that in advance of putting down the slurry seal. We have to level out the road because the slurry seal, which is a thick, granulated asphalt emulsion, takes on the shape and form of whatever is in the road. Consequently, if there are potholes, etc. in the road, they will also be in the new slurry seal, which would defeat the purpose of fixing the road.
When the prep work is completed and we’re ready to begin applying the slurry seal, we’ll put out signs, 48 hours in advance, letting you know that process is about to begin. We expect to start that application within the next two weeks.
We appreciate your patience as we work to improve the roads for motorists and residents in the Oregon Hill neighborhood.
If you have any additional comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me at Sharon.North@RichmondGov.com.
Sharon, thanks for responding to our concerns. I am now (appropriately) excited and grateful for having our roads re-paved.
looking forward to better road conditions, especially for the bicycles, scooters, & mopeds.
Yes, Sharon, thank you for the response.
One thing I am wondering about though is the curb height. The new paving is coming very close in some places to our stone curbs – to the point where the diference between street and curb is only an inch or so. If the street gets repaved again in the next few years, I am hoping the City will then remove the old paving before repaving so that the stone curbs can become prominent again.
Ms. North, thank you for your quick response. I think the lesson learned here is that a little public education goes a long way. I got the flyer tonight telling me when the ‘true’ paving machines will be finishing our roads. It’s this Thrusday and Friday, 20-21 AUG 09. I too am greatful for the new roads. They were overdue. Had I known this was a two step process, it would have saved me about 4 hours on the phone with City Hall. One quick question, will the new pavement go from curb to crub on ALL roads, even those with the cement curbs that extend into the road surface? Thanks again for the information.
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