Street Maintenance Division
Update
02/03/2024
Streets Maintenance Staff
(1) Street Maintenance Supervisor
(1) Lead Street Maintenance Worker
(3) Heavy Equipment Operators
(3) Street Maintenance Workers
Pavement Management
In general, the City currently utilizes
multiple pavement preservations
methods to maintain approximately
525 miles of City owned roadway.
• Pothole patching
• Crack sealing
• Dig outs
• Thin skin overlay
• Reclamite Rejuvenation
• Cape seal
Pavement Management
• The goal of pavement management is to
maximize the lifespan of the City’s streets.
• The City utilizes a pavement management
system to forecast needs based on data-
driven assessments.
• Streets are selected for various repair
applications based on multiple factors. The
overall pavement condition is used to
determine whether the street warrants a
particular repair or complete replacement.
• Forecasting work is key. It enables prioritized
repairs, minimizing delays. Efficient pavement
preservation relies on scheduling ahead,
maximizing resources, and addressing issues
before they become major problems, and
therefore extending the pavement lifespan.
Annual Funding
Gas Tax Fund (2370)
1. Dig outs - $100,000 annually
2. Thin Skin Overlay - $700,000 annually
3. Pothole Patching - $300,000 annually
Measure N Fund (1410)
1. Reclamite - $1,200,000 annually
2. Cape Seal - $1,175,000 annually
3. Crack Sealing - $300,000 annually
Pothole Patching
• Pothole patching is a repair that
involves filling a pothole with
material and compacting it to
create a level surface.
• The Street Division patched an
estimated 4,000 potholes using 500
tons of material.
• Citizens can either report potholes
or other street issues, by:
Calling: (559) 713-4428
or
Submit an online request to:
www.Visalia.city
Crack Sealing
• Crack Sealing – 112,414 square yards
of completed roadway
• 67,500 lbs (6,428 gallons Polyflex Type
3 material)
• Polyflex Type 3 Sealant is a hot-
applied, asphalt-based product used
to fill cracks and joints in asphalt to
prevent water from penetrating the
pavement, that would otherwise cause
premature pavement failure.
Before
After
Dig Outs
• Dig outs are used to repair highly
damaged sections of pavement by
completely reconstructing isolated
areas of the roadway.
• This method is used when other
maintenance techniques are no longer
effective.
Thin Skin Overlay
• In 2024, the Streets Division applied
4,062 tons of asphalt (177,248 square
yards) of thin skin overlays.
• Thin skin overlays are a pavement
preservation technique that involves
applying a thin layer of asphalt over
areas of damaged roadway where
the structural section is still intact.
• This prolongs the wearing surface and
extends the life of the street.
• Thin skin overlays can be cape-
sealed later to further prolong its
useful life.
Reclamite Rejuvenation
• The reclamite process restores and
preserves the durability of existing
asphalt by applying a
rejuvenating agent used to
penetrate the surface of the
pavement and restore asphalt
flexibility by replenishing
components of the asphalt that
are lost from the elements and the
aging process.
• This year the City applied this
preservation method to the
northwest quadrant,
encompassing 54 miles of streets,
(1,851,827 square yards).
Cape Seal
• Cape Seal consists of an application
of a chip seal followed by a micro-
surfacing application onto the
selected roadways. The chip seal
consists of applying an asphalt-
rubber seal binder combined with a
heated application of aggregate
cover material. After the chip seal
has cured, the micro-surfacing
application is applied. This
secondary application consists of a
mixture of aggregate, emulsified
asphalt, mineral filler, and other
additives that create a new drivable
surface over the chip seal.
• This year the City completed 10
miles of roadway (232,398 square
yards).
Emergency Call Outs
• Streets Division responds to a
variety of emergency call outs
throughout each week for down
trees, traffic accidents, traffic
control, and road closers.