Street Maintenance

Ogden City uses both city crew and contractors to maintain the 300 miles of streets within the city limits.  This work includes:

• Street construction/reconstruction
• Overlays with surfaces being milled down first
• Overlays without milling
• Chip-seal coatings
• Pot-hole repairs
• Shoulder repairs
• Street Striping
• Curb and gutter repairs
• Bridge repairs
• Guard-rail repairs
• Traffic control
• Street sign installation and replacement
• Snow and ice control work

Street Chip Sealing and Overlays

Each summer, city crews chip-seal and overlay streets from mid-June through November, when asphalt concrete batch plants close.  Each year, 230-270 blocks of streets are chip-sealed and 30-50 blocks are overlaid.

Each winter, streets are surveyed to determine relative severity of pavement condition.  From this survey, plans are developed indicating which streets need maintenance, and what type of appropriate maintenance will be done. Asphalt overlay gets rid of the unsightly cracks, patches, and potholes on your street.  It also provides a smoother ride, and lengthens the life of the street.  Chip sealing increases pavement life and provides better traction. 

If your street needs repair, city crews will deliver notices to affected residents the week before, and place barricades on the street the day before the work is to be done.  If the repair is an overlay, the street is usually closed for no more than 8 hours; if the treatment is a chip seal, the street is closed 2 hours.  We ask you to please not park on your street the day it is to be repaired. 

Please drive cautiously, and be patient when you see the street crew working in your area.  Please obey any flagmen and construction signs.  Should you have any questions, please call the Ogden Public Ways and Parks at 629-8271 or 629-8338 between 8 and 5, Monday through Friday.

Street Sweeping

Ogden City has three street sweepers.  Street sweepers start at the north end of the city each spring.  Our goal is to sweep all streets, three times a year.  However, several projects take priority over normal sweeper work:

• After the snow melts, streets that received a chip seal the prior summer are swept first.
• Streets where salt and sand accumulated at the bottom of hills; i.e. above Weber State University, Bona Villa, Shadow Valley (bench areas) also receive priority.
• After the Spring chip seal operation, sweepers sweep up chips for the next 2-3 months

After these priorities, sweepers resume the normal north to south street sweeping.  You can do your part to help keep your neighborhood clean by picking up litter and sweeping up material from the gutter in front of your house.  Remember, never sweep grass clippings or debris into the gutter or storm drain.