Public Works & Roads
Department

The Public Works & Highway Department maintains 151 miles of scenic roads in the Town of Rome. The Highway Department fulfills its responsibilities to maintain the safety and convenience of Town roads by performing both general and winter maintenance. General maintenance includes the following:  patching, shoulder maintenance, vegetation control, signing, and traffic control.  Winter maintenance includes the application of sand and salt, plowing and shoveling snow. Additionally, the department also oversees the Transfer Site, all Town parks, Dyracuse Recreational Area, Spring Branch and New Rome Cemeteries and the Rome Town Center.

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TOWN OF ROME
ROAD IMPROVEMENT PLAN
2024-2028

2024
2024 Projects Funded with Estimated $1,798,300.00 Loan

• Option 1 – Pulverize and pave 3” Akron Dr from CTH Z to STH 13 – 2.7 miles. Estimate – $715,000.00
• Option 1 – Pulverize and pave 2.5” Rapids Trail from 15th Ave to Blue Waters Trl – 2 miles. Estimate – $478,000.00
• Base course, pulverize and pave 3” Archer Ave from 15th Ave to CTH Z – 1.73 miles – $605,300.00
  2024 Projects Funded with Road Maintenance $219,250.00
• Replace culvert on Apache Avenue between West and East Queens Way. Estimate – $75,000.00
• Apache Ave from STH 13 to 10th Ave culvert and road design – $14,500.00
• Crack fill and chip seal Leisure Ln from CTH D to Kingsway – .55 miles. Estimate – $16,500.00
• Base course, pulverize and pave Aldwich Ct from Apache Ave to termini – .16 miles. Estimate – $47,250.00
• Base course, pulverize and pave Eton Ct from Norwich Way to termini – .07 miles. Estimate – $21,000.00
• Base course, pulverize and pave Woodbridge Ct from Woodbridge Way to termini – .10 miles. Estimate – $30,000.00
• Remove soft spot on Canterbury Ct and patch with asphalt. Estimate – $15,000.00
  Apply for possible future funding
• Wedge and 2” overlay Akron Dr from 2 miles east of STH 13 to 7th Ave – 2 miles. Possibly Apply for ARIP funding. Estimate – $421,000.00.
• Maintain gravel roads with grading and overlay of materials where necessary.
• Complete routine maintenance on Town roads, including wedging sinkholes as needed on Town roads.

Total road improvement – 7.31 miles not including future funded roads

2025
Base course, pulverize and pave Kingswood Trl from 15th Ave to termini – 1.74 miles Applied for TRI-D

• Resurface Apache Avenue from STH 13 to 10th Avenue – 1.5 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Highland Pl from 16th Ln to termini – .20 miles
• Chip seal 15th Ave from Apache Ave to Archer Ave – 1.0 miles
• Chip seal Badger Ave from CTH Z to STH 13 – 4.25 miles
• Awarded $63,197.00 TRI Funding towards Long Bow Ct, Moat Ct and Moor Ct Projects
• Base course, pulverize and pave Long Bow Ct from 10th Ave to termini – .37 miles Apply for LRIP / BIL
• Base course, pulverize and pave Moat Ct from Long Bow Ct to termini – .03 miles Apply for LRIP / BIL
• Base course, pulverize and pave Moor Ct from Long Bow Ct to termini – .12 miles Apply for LRIP / BIL
• Maintain gravel roads with grading and overlay of materials where necessary.
• Complete routine maintenance on Town roads, including wedging sinkholes as needed on Town roads.
• Total road improvement – ????

2026

• Base course, pulverize and pave Aspen Ave from CTH Z to 16th Ave. – .75 miles Applied for TRI-D
• Base course, pulverize and pave Shimmering Waters Trl from Rapids Trl to termini – .13 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Robindale Ct from N Archers Way to termini – .21 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Blue Boar Ct from S Archers Way to termini – .09 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Fosse Ct from 10th Ave to termini – .14 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Sandy Arbor Rd from Badger Ave to Campfire Rd. – .4 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Sterling Ct from Sterling Rd to termini – .15 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Sterling Rd from Richmond Way to termini – .38 miles
• Remove stumps, base course, pulverize and pave Regal Forest Trail. – 1.0 miles
• Chip Sealing and crack filling
• Maintain gravel roads with grading and overlay of materials where necessary.
• Complete routine maintenance on Town roads, including wedging sinkholes as needed on Town roads.
• Total road improvement – ????

2027

• Base course, pulverize and pave 13th Dr from Rain Dance Trl to termini – .26 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Akron Ave from 14th Ave to STH 13 – 1.44 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Manchester Ct from Woodbridge Way to termini – .45 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave Valley Trl from Campfire Rd to Badger Ave – .44 miles Apply for LRIP / BIL
• Base course, pulverize and pave Campfire Rd from CTH Z to 16th Ave – .74 miles Apply for LRIP / BIL
• Base course, pulverize and pave 14th Ave from Apache Ave to Raindance Trl – .39 miles
• Base course, pulverize and pave 9th Ave from Apache Ave north to termini – .24 miles
• Crack fill and chip seal: Fiesta Drive, Oak Dr, Pine Dr, Akron Dr from STH 13 to 2 miles east, Brumley Ct and Brumley Way – 3.5 miles
• Maintain gravel roads with grading and overlay of materials where necessary.
• Complete routine maintenance on Town roads, including wedging sinkholes as needed on Town roads.
• Total road improvement – ????

2028

• Base course, pulverize and pave Apache Circle from 13th Ave to termini. – .70 miles
• Crack fill and chip seal: East Ct, Lilac Trail, Squire Ct and 9th Dr from Akron Dr to CTH D – 1.8 miles
• Maintain gravel roads with grading and overlay of materials where necessary.
• Complete routine maintenance on Town roads, including wedging sinkholes as needed on Town roads.
• Total road improvement – ????