City council unanimously approved last month a multimillion-dollar street maintenance project that will improve miles of streets in several city neighborhoods.
The Street Maintenance Cape Seal and Microsurfacing Construction project is a $7.4 million project, funded with 2026 Street Bond Funds, that will cape seal more than six miles of city arterial streets and provide microsurfacing for 832,102 square yards of residential streets.
“The city also did this type of project on Western Street and the response from the public was outstanding,” said City of Amarillo Managing Director of Capital Projects Jerry Danforth. “It was very well-received.”
Microsurfacing seals the pavement surface, corrects minor rutting, improves skid resistance and ride quality and prevents water intrusion and oxidation. It is applied in order to help preserve and protect the underlying pavement structure and provide a new driving surface. Cape seal is a two-step process. The first component is a traditional chip seal, which is liquid asphalt covered by crushed stone, providing waterproofing and crack sealing. The second component is a microsurface over the top to preserve the pavement and provide a new driving surface.
Streets can often reopen within hours of completion of the project.
Neighborhoods included in the project, some of which have not been addressed in 20 years, include Belmar, Puckett West, Puckett Place, Vineyards and Creighton Park. North and south downtown streets are also included.
To see the related presentation to council, go to Item 7.3 on the city council video agenda: amarillotx.new.swagit.com/videos/389083
For more information, contact City of Amarillo Media Relations Manager Dave Henry at (806) 378-5219 or by email at David.Henry@amarillo.gov.