The City of Allen’s street maintenance operations works hard to preserve and maintain the community's investment in municipal roads, alleys and sidewalks. There is a total of 12 full-time staff assigned to maintaining over 300 lane miles of roadway in the City of Allen.
Street Maintenance
The streets division actively conducts routine, preventive maintenance on the City’s roadways. Preventive maintenance extends the life of the road to keep it looking and riding in like-new condition. The work performed under the preventive maintenance program includes crack sealing and pavement lifting. The purpose is to stop water from entering the roadway, which causes early break up of the road surface. The useful life of roads can be extended if small breaks are fixed before more severe damage occurs. This is the reason why maintenance work is at times done on streets that appear to be in good condition.
Street Assessments
The streets division conducts annual street and alley condition assessments and uses this assessment to formulate the pavement maintenance program. This multi-level rating system rates the roadways for ride quality, drainage, and surface and base conditions.