YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK

 
Street Maintenance Sales Tax Working for You!

In November 2007, Leon Valley voters approved adding 1/4 cent sales tax to be used for the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing streets
and alleys.  The tax began on April 1, 2008.  The City of Leon Valley has approximately 39.52 miles of streets and roadways.  Each year the Public Works Department uses its pavement management system to help assess and determine maintenance needs for your roadways.   

Slurry Seal is the usual method used by Leon Valley to seal aging pavement and to prevent pot holes and more serious damage to the street foundation. Slurry Seal is a
mix of asphalt and aggregate, a binder and some additives that produces tough preservation coat on existing streets.  This seal fills minor cracks, levels out imperfections, restores skid resistance, and improves the aesthetics of the street.  Slurry Seal extends the life of a street by protecting the the street from wear and tear, environmental stresses, and aging.  Slurry seal applications provide considerable savings over waiting for street surface breakdown.  Slurry seal can significantly extend the life of
existing pavement by about 5-7 years.

The map below illustrates slurry seal work done in 2008 of almost 4.89 miles of street at a cost of  of $ 276,467.   The solid lines on the attached map show the actual
streets that received the slurry seal in 2008.  Street maintenance work in 2009 will be mapped and posted to the website in the future along with tips for residents when
slurry seal operations are in your neighborhood.

Slurry Seal by Street Names - 2010click here                   Slurry Seal Map - 2010- click here to view

In March 2010, the City Council approved the 2010 Slurry Seal program with its award of a contract to Viking Construction.  With amendments to the contract on March 16, 2010, the City will begin an aggressive program to slurry seal 101,086 square yards of slurry seal.  Residents will be notified when the slurry seal operation will begin on their street and cars are not permitted to drive on the slurry seal while it is setting. 

With this large project many streets in Leon Valley will receive the benefits of the Street Maintenance Sales Tax at work in their neighborhood.  More streets will be done in the following years as we work to keep Leon Valley's infrastructure sound and safe!

 Please call the Public Works Director Byron Vick at the Leon Valley Public Works Department at 681-1232 for further information.

FY 2010 - Slurry Seal Project - Location Maps

Please click on the SHEET NUMBER to link to actual maps

Slurry Seal Map - 2010 - click here