Southwest Slurry is wrapping up its work on streets in the northwest, and the town is preparing to kick its new Pavement Management Plan into high gear this summer and fall.

The town was able to fund the slurry seal project with a late budget adjustment after the PMP was adopted in January.

Town Development Services Director Paul Mood said he will be proposing $2 million in contracts for improvements in Zone 7 for the Town Council to consider at its June 20 meeting.

Maintenance Zone 7 is the major arterial streets in town.

Mood’s proposal will include mill and overlay projects on Shea and Fountain Hills boulevards beginning in July.

The plan also calls for a micro surface on portions of Fountain Hills and Palisades boulevards and the public portion of streets in Eagle Mountain (Eagle Mountain Parkway and Summerhill Boulevard up to the gate houses).

That work would be scheduled for October.

The contracts also include associated crack seal work, striping and valve/manhole adjustments where needed.

The PMP allocates roughly $1 million a year for street maintenance over the next eight years. That included $867,000 to be used in the current fiscal year.

The program would fund $9.7 million over the next eight years.

This program uses existing funding and is not related to a proposed bond to finance the reconstruction of Saguaro Boulevard.

Voters will consider approving $8.2 million in bonds for the Saguaro Boulevard work when they go to the polls in November.

Going forward, the maintenance program will be funded by the town’s share of the Vehicle License Tax from the state, roughly $750,000 on an ongoing annual basis. Additional funding to reach the $1 million allocation will come from a portion of the town’s share of state Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) and General Fund adjustments.

The Town Council last year made street maintenance a budget priority similar to public safety services. The $1 million a year is about a third of what the town spends for each of its contracts for fire/EMS and law enforcement.