Street Department

 
 
     

The Street Department is charged with maintaining 60 plus miles of City streets and roads and approximately twenty-three miles of alleys and other municipally owned property, floodways and easements.

In addition, the department is responsible for maintenance at Southeast Colorado Regional Airport, regulatory traffic signage, municipal parking lots, school crossing markings, tree trimming, street patching, grading alleys and gravel streets, resurfacing streets and street sweeping and plowing.

The Department employs ten full-time employees. One of its key strengths is its ability to perform a variety of skilled construction work in-house; some recent examples include curb and gutter and handicap ramp replacement, Crystal Street retaining wall, and construction of the new electrical vault at the Airport from the ground up.

When special City projects occur, such as remodeling city facilities, building new ballfields, or constructing a new Landfill liner, the Street Department is always a key player in the project.
 
The Street Department takes pride in the projects they complete for citizens. Employees strive to make Lamar a better place to grow, work and live.

Street Conditions Report

Below is a summary of street condition gradings since the City began to systematically address road conditions in 2013. Since then, Streets has made significant progress on improving conditions, understanding that our roadways are constantly aging.

Year   Poor  Fair Good Dirt RotoMillings
2023  .28 miles   25.02 miles   31.72 miles   6.22 miles   .60 miles
2022 .54 25.46 31.02 6.30 0.51
2021 .82 25.59 30.46 6.37 0.51
2020 1.21 26.74 28.83 6.46 0.51
2019 1.35 27.74 27.69 6.46 0.51
2018 2.16 28.03 25.69 6.46 0.51
2017 3.34 28.94 22.49 7.17 0.51
2016 4.62 30.17 19.37 5.89 0.51
2015 6.25 31.10 16.74 5.89 0.51
2014 7.90 32.80 13.35 5.89 .051
2013 12.93 32.80 8.32 5.89 .051