Road crews are patching sections of crumbling asphalt along Los Altos streets for the city’s annual street resurfacing project currently under way. Motorists can expect some street closures when slurry seal work begins in June.
Sixty streets are in line for repairs under this year’s resurfacing plan. Streets next scheduled for repairs through Friday are Jordan Avenue, Portola Avenue, Los Altos Avenue, Homestead Road, Fallen Leaf Lane, Austin Avenue, Middleton Avenue, Thurston Avenue, Grant Road north of Fremont Avenue and Orr Court.
Almond Avenue was first in line for the work, which began the last week in February.
Workers kept the street open to traffic while applying deep-lift asphalt to sizable patches of potholed roadway along the length of Almond between San Antonio Road and El Monte Avenue.
“Basically, we hit Almond first because the kids are out of school,” said Jim Porter, the city’s public works director, of the work done during winter vacation for local schools. Both Almond Elementary and Los Altos High schools are located along Almond.
The city awarded the resurfacing project to low bidder G. Bortolotto and Company of San Mateo.
The repaving company was awarded the $531,400 contract Feb. 8.
The work, Porter said, includes grinding away “failed areas” that have eroded over time as water has broken up material, pouring full sections of asphalt and restriping.
Larry Lind, the city’s associate civil engineer, said slurry seals would be applied in June to approximately 75 percent of the streets in this year’s resurfacing plan.
Slurry seals involve a mixture of emulsified asphalt, well-graded fine aggregate, mineral filler or other additives, and water. A slurry seal will fill minor cracks, restore a uniform surface texture, and restore friction values.
A slurry seal requires street closures for two to five hours, Porter said, so the work is limited to side streets.
Major streets such as Almond and Los Altos Avenue won’t get slurry seals, he said, because they get too much traffic.
“You simply can’t close Almond,” Porter said. “It’s too busy.”
According to terms of their contract, resurfacing crews have 60 days to perform the work.
Third Street
Almond Avenue
Angela Drive
Austin Avenue
Avon Way
Cielito Drive
Cody Lane
Covington Road
Cuesta Drive
Damian Way
Deodora Drive
Dolores Drive
Edgewood Lane
Fremont Avenue
Fallen Leaf Lane
Galli Court
Galli Way
Glen Alto Drive
Granger Avenue
Grant Road
Holt Avenue
Homestead Road
Jardin Drive
Jordan Avenue
Kensington Avenue
La Prenda Road
Laver Court
Lee Street
Los Altos Avenue
Madelaine Court
Middleton Avenue
Miravalle Avenue
Montclaire Place
Oak Avenue
Orr Court
Parsons Way
Peninsular Court
Portola Avenue
Richardson Avenue
Rosita Avenue
Russell Avenue
San Felicia Way
Scott Lane
Sevilla Drive
Sheridan Street
Sherman Street
Springer Road
St. Joseph Avenue
St. Mark Court
St. Matthew Way
Stardust Lane
State Street
Sunkist Lane
Thurston Avenue
Truman Avenue
University Avenue
Vera Cruz Avenue
Verano Drive
Viola Place
Washington Street
