Our responsibility is to maintaining city streets, sidewalks and public parking areas.

Street Division divides its work load during the year into two periods: Spring & Summer and Fall & Winter.

CATCH BASIN MAINTENANCE - How You Can Help
Melting snow and heavy rainstorms can rapidly lead to sand, leaves, and debris covering catch basins and blocking the flow of stormwater, resulting in flooding on streets and/or nearby driveways.

Residents can help by removing debris off of catch basin grates at street corners in their neighborhood. Any assistance the citizens of Port Angeles can provide in keeping catch basins open and free of debris during storm events will be very much appreciated.

~ Thank you from the Public Works & Utilities Department ~

CITY PRESENTS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Corey Delikat, Public Works & Utilities Superintendent of Parks and Streets has been awarded the City's Distinguished Service Award for 2007.

The Distinguished Service Award is the highest level of award for a City employee or team of employees. The recipient is chosen by a committee composed of the City Manager, a City Councilmember, and an outside member of the community. Former Mayor, Glenn Wiggins, served as the committee's community representative.

Delikat was selected from a group of 18 employees or teams that had received special recognition during 2007..........

Downtown Pedestrian Crossing Flags Installed
The Port Angeles Police Department is pleased to announce that downtown mid-block crosswalks in Port Angeles are now equipped with pedestrian crossing flags. Pedestrians intent on crossing at those crosswalks will now benefit from increased visibility when crossing First Street and Front Street.

Perseverance and partnerships have made this project a reality. Port Angeles Public Works Street Division, the Port Angeles Downtown Association, and the Port Angeles Police Department have worked together on this project. A grant from the Washington State Traffic Commission has provided some of the startup funds.

Similar programs have been successful in other Washington State cities for years, to include Richland and Kirkland. One-way streets, low speed limits, and traffic lights at each intersection, all make downtown Port Angeles nearly an ideal setting for this type of crossing program.

Cedar Street Retaining Wall Project Completed
McConnell Construction of Port Townsend began work on July 24th, 2006. It was expected to take 3 months to complete however the project was completed ahead of schedule during the week of September 25th. The facing of the retaining wall was replaced.

1 - Beginning of Project	2 - August 15, 2006
3 - August 31, 2006	4 - Completed Project

A new sidewalk was constructed from 6th Street down to approximately 3rd Street on the retaining wall side of the street. Cedar Street is now open for traffic.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Eric Walrath, Civil Engineer
Public Works & Utilities Department / Engineering Division
Phone: 360-417-4806
Email: ewalrath@cityofpa.us

• Paving Plans
• Pot Holes
• Side Walk Repairs
• Sweeping
• Alleys
• Mowing

Fall to Winter
Projects and Regular Maintenance

• Snow Removal Procedures
• Sidewalk Cleaning
• Sanding
• Anti-icing
• Pot Hole Repair
• Drainage
• Signs

SNOW REMOVAL PROCEDURES
Icy street conditions or snow fall will initiate mobilization of deicing/sanding/plowing equipment in accordance with the following priorities:

• Priority #1 - Main arterials considered to be the minimum network which must be kept open to provide a transportation system connecting hospitals, fire stations, police stations and emergency rescue units.
  
• Priority #2 -All remaining arterials, selected collectors and bus routes.
  
• Priority #3 - Other arterials completing the network covering the major traffic volume streets and providing access to all schools.
  
• Priority #4 - All remaining streets, such as residential.

We Kindly Request Your Patience
The City has limited equipment to clear 144 miles of roads. The Street Division has 6 employees available for around the clock snow removal operations.

If snowfall or freezing rain resumes before we arrive on your street, it means we have gone back to remove additional snowfall on Priority #1 streets.

Parking on the Street
The more cars that are off the streets the faster and better job we can do clearing the roadway. If you have a driveway, please use move your vehicle off the street.

Blocked Driveways
It is inevitable that driveways will be blocked during plowing operations. We're sorry for this inconvenience, but please be understanding that it cannot be avoided. Snow removal can be a monumental task with our limited equipment, and the street crews will do their best around the clock to get the roads cleared.

How You Can Help
Report potholes and icey intersections by calling 360-417-4825. If you reach a voice mail, Please leave the information. The supervisor will be monitoring these messages from the field.

Thank you from your Public Works & Utilities Street Division

Asphalt Chip Seal Project Progress
The City's contractor, Doolittle Construction, has applied a chip seal to a number of neighborhood streets. Chip seal is an asphalt surface treatment that will waterproof the pavement, provide a skid-resistant surface, and give new life to dry and weathered asphalt pavement.

Chip seal is the first step of the three-step pavement improvement process. One or two days after the first chip seal, a second chip seal (with smaller "chips") was applied. After the chip seals, a fog seal (a thin coating of asphalt sealant was applied to complete the process.

This project is a demonstration project to restore asphalt concrete residential streets that are over 40 years old. These streets were constructed in the 50's and 60's and form the backbone of the City's street system. Over the years these streets have held up extremely well, however, recent evaluations have indicated severe stress and if not maintained, will soon reach complete failure.

When done correctly, chip seals projects have proven to extend the life of asphalt pavements from 10 to 12 years relatively inexpensive compared to complete overlays, which, by ADA standards, require the installation of handicap ramps.

The project is now completed. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:

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