The six residential roads that are planned to be repaved include Cascade Drive, Marblehead Drive, Enright Drive, Elyerne Avenue, Tyron Avenue and Brantly Avenue. The city has a total of 307 residential streets.
The city is currently accepting bids for a contractor to do the repaving. They are unsure if all the streets on their list will get a mill and fill or overlay this year because of the dollar amount.
“This is a very small percent of what actually needs to be paved, but without a levy, it is all the city can put towards paving,” Bartlett said.
The city had asked residents to pass a road levy in November, but it failed by a small margin of votes.
The project start date has not been determined because the city still accepting contractor bids.
Riverside hopes to implement a pavement management program this year. The program uses recordings of the roadways and a consultant to determine a Pavement Condition Index. PCI measures the overall condition of the roads and compares them to other cities.
Dayton and some surrounding cities have had this analysis performed.
Visit Riverside’s website or contact Bartlett at 937-233-1801 for updates on the paving project.
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