The City of Dubuque’s annual asphalt overlay program is now underway and will improve just less than 10 centerline miles on 42 city streets or street sections during the 2025 construction season.

The program targets streets that would benefit from an asphalt overlay to extend the life of the existing pavement. The streets involved in the 2025 program will receive their first repaving in at least twelve years. The City of Dubuque Public Works Department manages the program which includes milling and/or grinding the existing pavement surface, recycling the old asphalt, and repaving streets for a safer and smoother ride.

Unlike street reconstruction projects, property owners are not assessed for costs associated with the asphalt overlay program. Instead, the program is funded with money collected from Iowa’s Road Use Tax Fund (gas and diesel fuel tax). The asphalt overlay program is part of the City’s yearly street maintenance activity, which is budgeted as $1.16 million for fiscal year 2026 and includes approximately $750,000 to bring curb ramps up to ADA compliance along the overlaid streets.

The following is a schedule outlining when individual streets are expected to receive a partial or complete asphalt overlay this construction season:

Phase One: May

• W. 32^nd St. (from Wildwood Dr. to 3155 W. 32nd St.)
• Kerry Ct.
• Killarney Ct.
• Breven Dr.

Phase Two: June

• Kehl Ct.
• Tomahawk Dr.
• Laurel St. (from S. Grandview Ave. to 815 Laurel St.)
• Cannon St.
• Mount Carmel Rd.
• Arrowhead Dr.
• Wallis Pl.
• Indian Ridge

Phase Three: June-July

• N. Grandview Ave. (from Delhi St. to Loras Blvd.)
• N. Grandview Ave. (from Atlantic St. to Clarke Dr.)
• N. Grandview Ave. (from Clarke Dr. to Kaufmann Ave.
• Rosedale Ave. (from N. Grandview Ave. to Asbury Rd.)
• St. Ambrose St. (from Clarke Dr. to Asbury Rd.)

Phase Four: July

• Cornell St. (from Loras Blvd. to W. 16^th St.)
• Montrose Ter. (from Loras Blvd. to W. 16^th St.)
• Fairview Pl. (from W. 16^th St. to W. 15^th St.)
• W. 15^th St. (from Fairview Pl. to Cornell St.)
• W. 16^th St. (from Montrose Ter. to dead end)

Phase Five: August-September

• Southgate Dr.
• Jenni St.
• Theisen St.
• Stetmore St.
• St. Joseph St. (from Stetmore St. to S. Algona St.)
• Cardiff St. (from W. 3^rd St. to Mazzuchelli St.)
• Mazzuchelli St. (from Cardiff St. to James St.)
• Langworthy St. (from James St. to Hill St.)
• James St. (from Langworthy St. to W. 3^rd St.)
• Wooten St. (from Hill St. to Medical Associates entrance)
• Clara Ct.

Phase Six: August-September

• Asbury Rd. (from John F. Kennedy Rd. to Carter Rd.)
• Woodland St.
• Chippewa Dr.
• Karen St. (from Evergreen Dr. to Carter Rd.)
• Lindale St. (from Evergreen Dr. to Carter Rd.)
• Kevindale St. (from Karen St. to Lindale St.)

Phase Seven: September

• S. Grandview Ave. (from U.S. 61/151 overpass to Carmel Dr.)
• Carmel Dr. (from S. Grandview Ave. to 1025 Carmel Dr.)
• Julien Dubuque Dr. (north from S. Grandview Ave. to dead end)
• Julien Dubuque Dr. (from S. Grandview Ave. to Inland Ln.)
• Twin Valley Dr. (from Rockdale Rd. to U.S. 61/151)
• Southpark Ct.
• Pinard St. (from E. 24^th St. to dead end)

The schedule of projects is available online at www.cityofdubuque.org/asphaltoverlay and will be updated as details are available.

Residents will be notified by mail prior to the start of the project with contact information and parking instructions. Normally, projects can be completed in one week and streets can be driven on soon after paving takes place and as soon as traffic control devices have been removed.

For more information, contact the public works department at 563-589-4250 or visit www.cityofdubuque.org/publicworks