Road Maintenance 101

Maintaining Carson City roadways is not just about patching potholes. The efforts are split between two divisions: Transportation Division and Street Operations Division. Through these Divisions, the City is responsible for four main transportation and maintenance categories:

PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION, AND REHABILITATION
Icon-01 The primary focus of Invest In Your Streets! Preserve Carson City Roads.
  • Preventative Maintenance – filling potholes, crack sealing, and pavement patching.
  • Preservation – surface treatments methods such as slurry and micro surfacing, chip sealing and crack treatment meant to seal and preserve the street.
  • Minor Rehabilitation – cold mill and overlay to prolong the life of fair condition roads with adequate structural base and subgrade and complete reconstruction implementing repairs to slow further street decay and make incremental improvements for ADA compliance.
  • Major Rehabilitation/Reconstruction –complete roadway reconstruction to replace failed roads with full depth structural section and associated ADA updates.
ADDITIONAL ROADWAY MAINTENANCE
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  • Curb, gutter, and sidewalk repair
  • Installing signs and pavement markings
  • Maintaining street shoulder for safety
  • Sweeping streets
  • Preparing for and clearing streets after major weather events (sanding and snow removal)
  • Pruning trees for better visibility and safety
  • Clearing ditches of debris to prevent local street flooding
  • Removing graffiti
  • Installing/removing street banners and decorations
  • Patching roadways after damage or utility work
  • Weed control
COMPLETE STREETS
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  • Traffic Safety 
  • Verifying and adding traffic safety improvements
  • Ensuring a safe corridor for vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists and transit users
  • Adding lighting and landscaping
  • ADA compliance
  • Enhancing transit operations and access
  • Responding to regional growth
CONTROL SYSTEMS
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  • Installing and monitoring controls systems to provide accurate timing, control coordination and traffic detection, and installing traffic poles and support.
  • Traffic signal repair and maintenance
  • School zone and other flashing beacons
  • Speed radar signs
  • Crosswalk flashing beacons