What will the City of Tucson do to ensure they are protected and maintained?
A. The contractor has designated haul routes. Construction equipment will be limited to these streets as much as possible. Occasionally, a truck driver will lose his way and turn down the wrong street. This will be minimized as much as possible through communication. The vehicles that are used are “street rated”. This means they can legally drive on paved streets without causing damage to the pavement. Equipment that is carried on trailers are not street rated and cannot be legally driven on the pavement. Do not expect TDOT to replace pavement that contractor pick-ups use or that an occasional truck drives over. The City of Tucson Department of Transportation has a residential street maintenance program. All streets are inventoried and the condition measured and prioritized. Tucson has thousands of miles of streets. Our operating budget has been cut back due to the economy so the number of streets that are resurfaced each year has declined. All residential streets have been programmed
