Remaining Slurry Seal for Santa Fe Street Postponed

Earlier this month, a rider named Phillip Young spoke with a Valley Slurry Seal Company equipment operator on why the company was not resealing  the bicycle lanes on Santa Fe Street to make them smoother. The employee responded that a City Street Division Supervisor instructed the Valley Slurry Seal Company crew to only reseal the roadway for cars.  The Valley Slurry Seal Company crew was specifically told by the City Street Division Supervisor to not reseal the bicycle lanes. Valley Slurry Seal Company was originally planning to do the whole roadway including the bicycle paths until the City Street Division Supervisor stepped in.

After numerous complaints the City Bike Coordinator, Tom Landre, rode over to check out the work and sent word that the remaining slurry seal for Santa Fe would be completed by month end.

This morning Landre stated that the work has been postponed to August 4th and 5th as the contractor re-scheduled the work.

A reader who goes by Old Knotty Buoy sent in numerous photos (thank you!) showing the current sorry state of Santa Fe Street. So for another week this busy commuter and recreational corridor is going to look and feel extremely unpleasant to ride on alongside vehicles of all sizes moving at least at 40 mph. The photos that were sent in have been uploaded to Flickr and are also viewable in the map below by clicking on the yellow pins on the map, or the photos. The photo locations are approximate locations.

 

How are you dealing with the poor quality road surface?