Salt Lake City

Streets

The Streets Division provides the following vital customer services to Salt Lake City residents: snow and ice removal; roadway maintenance and concrete replacement; roadway striping;  repairing and replacement of street signs, signals, and parking meter repair.

Some Facts about Streets

 

Asphalt

  • There are 1,859 lane miles of road in Salt Lake City.
  • Salt Lake City overlays 6.35 lane miles annually.
  • Salt Lake City replaces an average of 1.23 lane miles annually.
  • Salt Lake City repairs 18,000 potholes annually

Concrete

  • Salt Lake City has 945 miles of sidewalk.
  • Salt Lake City replaces an average of 14,000 linear feet of sidewalk annually.

Traffic Signs and Signals

  • Salt Lake City maintains 68,000 traffic signs
  • Salt Lake City maintains 225 traffic signals

Snow Removal

  • Salt Lake City has 49 plows
  • 98 employees split into two teams to cover 24 hours, 7 days a week
  • Snow removal plows an average of 73,000 lane miles of roadway per year
  • Snow removal uses 16,000 tons of salt annually