To achieve the infrastructure goal in the City of Sheboygan’s Strategic Plan, the Sheboygan Department of Public Works is continuing an aggressive street resurfacing and reconstruction schedule again this year. Listed below are the projects to be scheduled for 2020.
Street resurfacing projects by DPW crew:
- Saemann Avenue (N. 21st Street to N. 24th Street)
- N. 10th Street (Erie Avenue to Superior Avenue)
- Martin Avenue (N. 15th Street to N. 18th Street)
- N. 18th Street (Martin Avenue to Calumet Drive)
- If time and funding allows DPW resurfacing crews are looking at resurfacing Park Avenue along Vollrath Park.
Contracted street resurfacing project:
- Geele Avenue (Calumet Drive to N. 23rd Street)
Contracted street reconstruction:
- Superior Avenue (Taylor Drive to N. 29th Street)
- Maryland Avenue (S. 10th Street to S. 11th Street)
- Illinois Avenue (S. 10th Street to S. 11th Street)
- S. 11th Street (Maryland Avenue to Illinois Avenue)
Railroad crossing repairs by the Union Pacific Railroad (view map):
- Broadway Avenue
- Najacht Road
- Martin Avenue
- Calumet Avenue
- Wildwood Avenue
- Indiana Avenue
- S. 12th Street
- Greenfield Avenue
- New Jersey Avenue
- S. Taylor Drive
This resurfacing plan was financed with road aids funding from the State of Wisconsin, garbage fee, bonding from the City Capital Improvements Program, Sheboygan County sales tax revenue sharing, vehicle registration fee, the DPW operating budget, and funding from the City Housing and Urban Development Budget allocation. There are many types of repairs that were funded in this program. They include milling off asphalt over concrete and resurfacing with new asphalt, new concrete, new asphalt over concrete resurfacing, asphalt road seal, crack filling, and curb/gutter replacement.
About one third of the street improvement projects will be done by the DPW Streets Department staff. Having the Public Works employees using an asphalt paving machine, along with purchasing asphalt from the County Highway Department, results in overall lower costs to repair streets, ultimately allowing the department to repair more miles of streets.
This program not only addresses the obvious repairs, but also funds maintenance operations that focus repairs on streets that are rated good or better which extends the life cycle at lower costs and extends the time delaying the more costly resurfacing option. The city’s street network, much like other critical infrastructure, has a direct impact on the City of Sheboygan’s quality of life and the economy. The infrastructure investment today will have lasting impacts on future generations. Typical repairs last 20 years, whereas, reconstruction projects will last 50 years.