It’s the southside of Powell’s turn for some street maintenance.

Later this summer, contractors will slurry seal 100,000 yards of streets generally in the southern part of the city and chip seal both South and Fair streets. The combined cost will come to $441,000.

Asphalt Preservation of West Haven, Utah, recently won the bid to supply and apply the slurry seal, offering to do the work for $241,000. As was the case last year, the company narrowly beat out Morgan Pavement Maintenance of Clearfield, Utah, which submitted a $243,500 offer. (American Pavement Preservation of Las Vegas trailed them both with a $327,000 bid.)

Asphalt Preservation’s pricing of $2.41 per square yard is up significantly from last year, when it charged $2.015. However, Streets Superintendent Andy Metzler said the city simply “got lucky” with its 2023 price — and this year’s bid still came in below the city’s $250,000 budget.

Portions of Adams, Ferris, Gilbert, Hamilton, Ingalls, Jefferson, Jones, Madison and Washington streets are set to be resurfaced with the slurry, along with Hamilton Way, Van Place, portions of Homesteader Park and the Powell Municipal Airport. 

Asphalt Preservation is tentatively set to start its work in Powell during the week of July 15, Metzler said, though that date could change.

Meanwhile, the city will pay Wild West Construction $4 per square yard, or $200,000, to chip seal South and Fair streets. That’s the same rate that the Cody company charged in 2022, but $50,000 over what the city had budgeted.

Although it’s more expensive than slurry seal, Metzler said he opted for a chip seal because the treatment will last longer on the heavily trafficked routes.

He expects Wild West will complete the job toward the end of the summer.

Both projects are part of the city’s routine street maintenance program, which aims to resurface each road every eight years.