Dover to Spend $1.1 Million on Paving

Mary Alice Reporting –

As funding allows over fifteen Dover streets will see areas of paving this year.

The city budgeted $1.1 million for the roadway improvements that will include W. 22^nd and 21^st streets, W 11^th, and Dover Avenue, from Slingluff to 12^th.

Service Director Dave Douglas says Dover’s auditor and mayor made road work a priority with many streets in need of asphalt.

“Hopefully we can gain some momentum this year and get most of the north end paved this year and looking at moving to the south side of the city next year.”

Douglas notes that while not heavily traveled, Progress Street is an area that has needed paved for a while.

“There’s a lot of industry and business out there so we want to try to get that paved. That is a substantial amount cause it’s a very long street for us. Going to be working a lot in some of the developments and then also off of Wooster Avenue on the west side of town to try to get some of those streets in decent shape, anywhere from 10^th Street all the way up to 23^rd Street.”

No start date was available as a meeting with the contractor must happen first.

Douglas adds that the city will perform a lot of infrastructure work this year as they see businesses move in.

City of Dover Paving:

West 23rd Street
West 22nd Street (from Wooster to Walnut)
West 22nd Street (Walnut to dead-end)
West 21st Street (Wooster to Walnut)
West 21st Street (Walnut to dead-end)
West 20th Street
West 19th Street
Dover Avenue (West 16th to dead-end)
West 11th Street (Wooster to Dover Avenue)
West 11th Street (Dover Avenue to Walnut)
West 11th Street (Walnut to Elm)
West 10th Street (Wooster to Dover Avenue)
West 10th Street (Dover Avenue to Walnut)
Chestnut Street (11th to 13th)
Oak Street (11th to 13th)
Elm Street
Dover Avenue (Slingluff to 12th)
Angel Drive
Wade Drive
Stucky Drive
Karns Drive
Calico Drive
Brookside Drive
Progress Street (Guy Smith Way to Suburban Propane)

*The paving list may be subject to change as funding allows.