The City of Paducah Street Division maintains approximately 223 miles of streets inside the city limits of Paducah. The Street Division handles all issues related to maintenance and drainage in the right-of way, storm sewers, sidewalks, curb and gutter, alley maintenance, creek maintenance, City owned parking lots, snow and ice control, and the elderly and handicap loose leaf pick up program. The Street Division also handles all traffic related issues concerning signage and signals inside City limits. If you have questions, comments, or concerns relating to any of these issues, contact us at (270) 444-8511.

Park Maintenance is a part of the Parks Services Department.  Crews are responsible for the upkeep and mowing of 14 City parks totalling 400 acres.  Also, nearly 20 miles of greenway trails and the City's skatepark are maintained by the Grounds Division. 

With the help of volunteers, the Park Maintenance manages the upkeep of the City-owned cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery.  Oak Grove is nearly 100 acres.

Street Rehabilitation

The document below lists all the streets within the City of Paducah and their ranking.  Each street or street segment is ranked, including sidewalk, curb, and gutter, from 0 to 5 with 0 being non-existent; 1 equals a street in very bad condition; and 5 equals a street in very good condition.

Street Ranking Document

The document below shows the streets that will be rehabilitated for fiscal year 2010-2011.

2010-2011 Street Rehabilitation Plan

Ranking a street helps the Engineering-Public Works Department identify the problem streets and areas within the City.  When ranking a street, the entire right-of-way infrastructure is evaluated.  The evaluation considers the conditions of the pavement, curbs and gutters, and sidewalks.  The evaluation often is done during late winter when the construction projects are at a lull.  The City’s Engineering Technician drives each street in Paducah and updates the street ranking document.

The streets chosen each year for rehabilitation are not chosen solely based upon a low street ranking.  Other factors taken into consideration include

v    Traffic Impact – if a street has a high traffic flow, it is considered to be a higher priority.

v    Utility Work – If utility work is scheduled for a particular road, the street rehabilitation will be postponed until the utility projects are completed first.

v    New Economic Development or Construction Projects – The timing of completion of the construction of new buildings affects the rehabilitation of streets.  Repairing a street will be done after the construction work is completed.

v    Subdivision Rehabilitation Projects – When it becomes evident that several streets need to be rehabilitated within a subdivision, the project often becomes a large-scale subdivision rehab project (examples:  Morgan Cornell, Conrad Heights, Wallace Heights, Forest Hills).

v    Budget – The available funds and the estimated rehabilitation costs determine the amount of work that can be done each year.  The cost of materials also is a determining factor.  As the cost of asphalt per ton or concrete goes up, the amount of paving and concrete work that can be done using a set budget amount is reduced.  Paducah receives an allocation of funds from the Municipal Aid Program (MAP).  MAP funds are collected from the State gas tax and are allocated for maintenance, reconstruction or construction of City streets.  Paducah’s allocation of State gas tax funds averages between $400,000 and $500,000 a year.  The City then sets aside another half million or so dollars from the Investment Fund for the annual street resurfacing projects.     

Code of Ordinances 

--Duties of abutting property owners regarding maintenance within right-of-way (Paducah Code of Ordinances 98-31)--

--Sidewalk Replacement Agreement (Paducah Code of Ordinances 98-32)--

--Driveway Entrance Pipes (Paducah Code of Ordinances 98-33)--