Street Maintenance Program

Immediate Need for Repair

The City Public Works Department addresses issues of immediate concern, such as filling potholes or other situations that develop and need attention right away. The City often depends on residents to alert us of those conditions. If you would like to report a pothole, you may do so by providing information on the location in the Report It app. We organize and prioritize submitted requests, and schedule work to efficiently make repairs to address community concerns.

City of Escondido's Street Maintenance Program

One of the four parts of the Escondido City Council Action Plan is neighborhood improvement, and one element of the plan is investing in maintaining good City streets. Every street in our City was surveyed and a Pavement Management Program was developed to ensure efficient and proactive management. This program established eight different geographical zones for the economy of scale (Zone Map (PDF)). In addition to focusing on residential maintenance zones, City staff resurfaces several other larger streets each year with work prioritized based on the pavement condition of each street. The Pavement Management Program is based on actual observations, assures an impartial and objective schedule of improvement, and allows the actual repaving work to occur in the most efficient manner.

The City would like to recognize CalRecycle for their support in this project through the use of recycled tire rubber materials, made possible through one of their grant opportunities. Please view the full acknowledgment below: 

Annual Street Maintenance Program

Each year, City staff prepares a contract to advertise and receive bids for a Street Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project. The Program focuses on one of the eight residential maintenance zones. In addition, the highest priority major streets are treated based on pavement condition. Though our primary goal is reconditioning streets to extend the life of our roadways and improve driving conditions, the project also includes several other key elements to improve traffic flow, pedestrian, and bicyclist safety, and to reduce long term on-going maintenance problems. The process of the program is categorized into two phases. 

Phase 1:

  • Remove and replace trees that present a risk to public safety or are damaging streets and sidewalks. Replacement trees are selected with species better suited for their environment.
  • Remove and replace damaged or uneven sidewalk areas. Areas are prioritized based on the level of use and condition.
  • Add pedestrian ramps to improve accessibility and meet ADA guidelines.

Phase 2:

  • Pavement areas that are structurally compromised are removed and replaced with asphalt concrete.
  • Treat weeds and fill in cracks to prepare streets for resurfacing. 
  • Resurface streets depending on pavement condition (chip seal surface coating, seal coat, or an asphalt concrete overlay). 
  • Update street signing and striping to improve the flow of traffic and add bike lanes in accordance with the City's Bicycle Master Plan.

When Your Street Will Be Resurfaced

Each year the highest-priority streets with a geographical maintenance zone are selected for maintenance. The rotation of the Maintenance Zones are as follows: East-South (ES), Central North (CN), Central South (CS), North East (NE), South (SO), West (W), North West (NW), East-North (EN).

This year's zone of focus (CN) is bound by I-15 on the west, CA-78 on the north, Ash Street on the east, and W 5th Avenue on the south  (Zone Map (PDF)). The segments of Lake Wohlford Road within the City’s boundaries are also included in this year’s zone of focus.

Construction for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the project is expected to be completed by Winter 2025/2026. 

The list of the streets to be resurfaced with the Street Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project will be posted here: Maintenance Zone CN Street List (PDF).

If you live outside this year's maintenance zone, the list of streets to be resurfaced will be evaluated according to the rotation of the Maintenance Zones. Those streets in the greatest need of repair within the maintenance zone will be resurfaced based upon the available budget. Following the rotation, the next focus will be on the Maintenance Zone CS.

The streets resurfaced as part of one of the last three Street Rehabilitation and Maintenance Projects make up the Moratorium Street List and can be found on the Moratorium List (PDF). 

Recent Street Maintenance Program Accomplishments

The additional investment in maintenance of the City streets has resulted in 507 lane miles being paved, 5.34 miles of the sidewalk being replaced, and 42.33 miles of bike lane being added or replaced in the past eight budget years.

Maintenance Zone ES (Location: bound by Ash Street on the west, East Valley Parkway on the north, and City-limits on the south and east) - 34 lane miles paved; 0.36 miles of sidewalk replaced; 1.15 miles of bike lanes added or replaced.

Maintenance Zone EN (Location: south of Lincoln Avenue and the northern City limits, east of Ash Street, and northwest of Valley Parkway) - 32 lane miles paved; 1 mile of sidewalk replaced; 1.66 miles of bike lanes added or replaced.

Maintenance Zone NW (Location: Bound by Broadway, SR-78, and City Limits) - *50 lane miles paved; 0.86 miles of sidewalk replaced; 3.5 miles of bike lanes added or replaced. *A new method of determining lane miles paved was used for this project.

Maintenance Zone W (Location: Bonded by I-15, SR-78, and Felicita Avenue) - 74 lane-miles paved; 0.65 miles of sidewalk replaced; 2.5 miles of bike lanes added or replaced.

Maintenance Zone SO (Location: south of Felicita) - 98 miles paved, 0.25 miles of sidewalk replaced, 15.2 miles of bike lane added or replaced. Please click on the FY 2018 link to view a PowerPoint Presentation with photos of the work completed.

Maintenance Zone NE (Location: north of Lincoln Parkway/Avenue and east of Broadway) - 94-lane miles paved, 1.12 miles of sidewalk replaced, 5.6 miles of bike lane added or replaced.

Maintenance Zone CS (Location: Bounded by I-15, Felicita, and 5th) - 67-lane miles paved, 0.6 miles of sidewalk replaced, 5.4 miles of bike lane added or replaced.

Maintenance Zone CN (Location: Bounded by I-15, Lincoln, Ash, and 5th) - 58-lane miles paved, 0.5 miles of sidewalk replaced, and 7.32 miles of bike lane added or replaced.