This annual work costing nearly $5 million in 2023 is funded by the city’s $0.0025 street maintenance sales tax, which was reapproved by voters in November 2022.
The specifics
The city utilizes two different methods for its street resurfacing projects.
The first, called hot-in-place recycling, is a process that heats, removes, grounds and remixes the existing pavement with new material to create a new asphalt surface, according to a city news release.
Work deploying this method began Aug. 7 in the Pecan Branch North neighborhood with more neighborhoods and areas to follow, including:
- North College-Holly-Morrow streets area
- Pecan Branch North subdivision
- River Ridge subdivision
- San Gabriel Heights subdivision
- Williams Addition subdivision
Sealant work began Aug. 16 and will take place in six neighborhoods, including:
- LaConterra subdivision
- Pinnacle subdivision
- River Bend subdivision
- Sun City subdivision
- Thousand Oaks subdivision
- Westhaven subdivision
Georgetown will notify residents about work on streets though the city website, Nextdoor and flyers.
Next steps
Georgetown determines which streets receive annual repairs using a pavement condition index study. Last performed in 2018, this study grades the quality of each road and recommends specific treatment options, according to the release. A new study will be completed later this year and guide projects moving forward.