City approves new contract for paving Huntsville streets

Paving roads here in Huntsville has become a hot topic among residents — when will this street get paved, when will that street be finished, etc. — and the Huntsville City Council addressed that recently with a new paving contract.

Grayson Carter & Son Contracting Inc. won the $6.2 million contract to improve 54 neighborhood streets within the next 10 months.

Paving roads in Huntsville

Funding to begin Phase 2 of Huntsville’s residential street repaving plan for this fiscal year has been approved last week by the Huntsville City Council.

Phase 1 included 68 residential streets, while Phase 2 will include 54 streets.

The list of roads to be paved in the next 10 months can be found at this link.

Huntsville’s repaving program

The City of Huntsville has more than 2,300 lane miles of paved roadway within its boundaries. Public Works surveys each street at least once every two years by a team of asphalt inspectors and changes in the surface condition are recorded and compared against all others in the City.

The street receives a survey score based upon a “First to Worst” approach that indicates the overall condition of the street compared to all other streets within the system.

The rating scale is from zero to 60, with zero representing the best conditions and 60 comprising the worst. The road’s condition, along with data on the volume of traffic, is factored into a combined score that determines the priority for resurfacing the street.

Based upon these ratings, the City of Huntsville Public Works Department comprises a working list of streets for resurfacing.

To submit a complaint about road conditions, please visit Huntsville Connect.

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