Alley Maintenance Action Plan

The City has been divided into five (5) maintenance areas. Each year, all alleys in one of the five maintenance areas are graded and a soil stabilizer & dust-suppressant material is applied. The following map shows the five different alley maintenance areas.

View 2024 Alley Milling Map here.

Short-Term Efforts

Goal: Grade alleys to make them passable to traffic by filling potholes & ruts. A 50/50 mix of asphalt millings and roadbase is applied where necessary to help prevent future potholes and rutting. This work is typically completed by City crews. Each alley in the City is inspected annually to determine specific needs.

Timeline: As needed. 

Long-Term Efforts

Goal: Grade alleys to improve drainage by performing fine/detailed grading to create a defined "v" channel cross section that creates a flowline down the center of the alley and allows water to drain out of the alley to the nearest cross street. This is followed by application of a soil stabilization and dust-suppressant material to help prevent erosion. Alleys that are subject to more severe erosion are also surfaced with asphalt millings or roadbase. In extreme cases, a rock channel is installed down the center of the alley in certain sections to help prevent erosion. Overhanging vegetation is also trimmed as part of this work to make the alley passable to all vehicles. This work is typically completed by a contractor hired by the city.

Timeline: Annually per the following schedule.

• Priorities
  • Area 2 - completed in 2019/2020
  • Area 1 - completed in 2020/2021
  • Area 4 - scheduled for 2021
  • Area 3 - scheduled for 2022
  • Area 5 - scheduled for 2023

Click here to see an interactive map of planned and completed alley maintenance.

The goal is to have all alleys in the City graded with the new “v” channel cross section by the end of 2023.