Pavement Maintenance & Management

Completing the Right Repair on the Right Road at the Right Time

When it comes to maintaining roads, Commerce City is committed to making the right repair on the right road at the right time. That’s why the city uses a comprehensive pavement maintenance and management plan that follows a sensible schedule for taking care of roadways.

Types of Street Maintenance

Criteria used to determine road repairs in the city include factors such as: pavement condition, traffic volume and roadway type. Once the roads are evaluated based on these factors, the appropriate type of maintenance is determined.

Roads are typically rebuilt once they are completely deteriorated, which makes scheduled maintenance critical for extending the life of existing roads. Concrete pavement can receive routine maintenance, but since concrete is stronger than asphalt, it is more difficult to perform other types of maintenance and often requires full removal and installation of new material.

Routine Maintenance – Crack Seal

Crack sealing, mastic asphalt sealing, and pothole patching are processes used to make minor roadway repairs that help extend the life of streets and prevent further pavement damage for a period of time.

Preventive Maintenance – Slurry Seal

Applied to pavement in relatively good condition to extend pavement life and improve its appearance. Slurry seal, which is is a mixture of liquid asphalt and finely crushed gravel, is designed to extend the life of streets and improve driving conditions.

Corrective Maintenance – Mill and Overlay

A reactive method that extends roadway life through structural enhancements such as resurfacing and reconstruction. This process involves removing (or "milling") the top layer of pavement and replacing it with a new surface layer of fresh asphalt. Mill and overlay example video

Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation

Repairing streets paved with concrete typically involves removing and replacing damaged or failing concrete panels.

2025 Pavement Management Plan

The city’s annual pavement maintenance program makes needed road repairs across the city each year based on the Pavement Condition Index (PCI). PCI is a rating system used to determine the relative condition of a street segment.

In 2025, roads will be repaired with a “mill and overlay” method, where the top layer of pavement is removed and replaced with a new layer of fresh asphalt. This process typically involves lane closures, areas of rough pavement, and lower speed limits. It rarely calls for street closures. 2025 Street Overlay Map

Neighborhoods and street segments scheduled for mill and overlay in summer 2025 include:

East Commerce City/Reunion

• 96th Avenue from Tower Road to east of the E-470 bridge
• Tower Road from 104^th Avenue to 120^th Avenue
• Heartland Drive from Chambers Road to Memphis Street and Nucla Street to Landmark Drive
• Blackhawk Street from 100^th Avenue to 104^th Avenue

Turnberry

• Turnberry Parkway from E. 106^th Place to E. 108^th Avenuez
• E. 106^th Place from Turnberry Parkway to Wheeling Street
• Revere Street from 105^th Place to the Turnberry Parkway roundabout
• Wheeling Street from the 106^th Avenue roundabout to E. 108^th Avenue
• Wheeling Drive from E. 107^th Avenue to E. 108^th Avenue

Belle Creek

• Belle Creek Boulevard from 104^th Avenue to Longs Peak Drive
• Longs Peak Drive from Belle Creek Boulevard to Dayton Way        

Hazeltine/River Run

• Havana Street from 112^th Avenue to 120^th Avenue

Kemp

• 70^th Avenue from Monaco Street to Olive Street and Pontiac Street to Quebec Street
• Niagara Street from 70^th Avenue to 72^nd Avenue

South Commerce City/56^th Avenue Industrial Park

• 56^th Avenue from Vasquez Boulevard to Eudora Street
• 50^th Avenue from Locust Street to Pontiac Street
• Pontiac Street from 48^th Avenue to 50^th Avenue
• Holly Street from 56^th Avenue to 60^th Avenue

Central Commerce City

• 63^rd Avenue from Holly Street to Ivy Street

 

Access C3

To report a pothole or other street maintenance concern, visit c3gov.com/AccessC3