Geneva approves list of streets up for repair

And the winners are …

The Geneva City Council Tuesday approved the list of local streets that will be repaved this summer, using $625,000 in state motor fuel tax money.

The top asphalt surface of the streets will be milled off, and replaced with fresh asphalt. This is not a total reconstruction of the street, as the stone base below will remain. Portions of some curbs and sidewalks may be replaced.

The next step is to solicit bids for contractors to do the work. Depending on how prices come in, sections of up to 32 streets may be repaved.

First Ward Alderman Charles Brown asked whether there is money elsewhere in the city budget to repair streets not on the list, such as those pocked with numerous potholes this winter. "It's just insidious," he said, saying west State Street, which runs through his ward, was in especially bad shape.

The city does have money to do potholes and crack filling, said city engineer Jason Elias. Tuesday's resolution is one of two ways the city can designate how it is spending motor fuel tax money, as required by the state. The other is to note, on a project-by-project basis, how the MFT money is spent for equipment, workers and supplies.

How long pavement lasts depends largely on the quality of the stone base and the amount and type of traffic on the street, said Jason Elias, city engineer. Garbage trucks, in particular, kill streets because of their weight, he said.

The streets on the list are:

Brentwood Court, from the cul-de-sac to Brentwood Place;

Foxwood Circle, from Longview Drive to Longmeadow Drive;

Longview Drive, from Hill Road to State Street;

Briar Lane, from State to the south end of the street;

Valley Lane, from Ridge Lane to Briar;

Ridge, from Briar to Briar;

Center and North streets, from Anderson Boulevard to Edison Street;

Peyton Street, from Gray Street to State;

West Lane, from Gray to State;

Cambridge Drive, from the north end of the street to Williamsburg Avenue;

Renee, George, Danuta, Clover and Brian courts, from the cul-de-sacs to Cambridge Drive;

Brookfield Lane, from Williamsburg to Newport Lane;

Newport, from Brookfield to Wakefield Lane;

Hartford Lane, from Bridgeport Lane to Bedford Lane;

Bedford, from Williamsburg to Hartford;

Wakefield, from Williamsburg to Newport;

Pepper Valley Drive, from Southampton Drive to Stratford Drive;

Wood Avenue, from Kaneville Road to Fargo Boulevard;

Brighton and Coventry courts, from the cul-de-sacs to Wood Street;

Heartland Drive, from Peck Road 1,100 feet east;

Westhaven Circle;

Fairview and Pheasant courts, from the cul-de-sacs to Westhaven;

Dow Avenue, from Cheever Avenue to Easton Avenue; and

Peck Road, from Batavia Avenue (Route 31) to Meadows Road.