Drivers should notice a smoother ride on several roads in the City of Greer next year, City Engineer Don Holloman told Greer City County Tuesday night.

Holloman presented his annual road maintenance program report to council, including a list of Greenville and Spartanburg County roads in the city that his grading scale developed in 2007 has deemed most in need of resurfacing.

Drivers should notice a smoother ride on several roads in the City of Greer next year, City Engineer Don Holloman told Greer City County Tuesday night.

Holloman presented his annual road maintenance program report to council, including a list of Greenville and Spartanburg County roads in the city that his grading scale developed in 2007 has deemed most in need of resurfacing.

“Over the past several years we have been able to advance the overall condition of our roadways through the programs that are offered by both Greenville and Spartanburg Counties together with the funding that Council provides as matching funds,” he reported.

The Greenville County Legislative Delegation annually provides funding for road maintenance and allows the city to match that funding to maximize the level of maintenance. Spartanburg County requests a list of city roads and assesses their condition based on their own rating system.

Approximately 84 miles of road surface cover the City of Greer, Holloman said.  Since 2005, nearly 26 percent of those roads have been resurfaced.

“In addition to the roads that have been resurfaced during this time period, there are a number of subdivisions that have been constructed such that the roads are relatively new and have required no maintenance. Adding this to the total resurfacing, about 35 percent of the roads in inventory are in good shape,” he reported.

Holloman said roads typically require resurfacing every 20 to 26 years although maintenance, such as sealing cracks, is an ongoing task. The city’s Public Services Department, he added, is constantly working on the most cost-effective methods to administer regular maintenance.

He singled out six roads on his Greenville County maintenance list.  Canteen Street and Tremont Avenue are currently included in a project through the GLDC to improve the roads with a specific width with curb and gutter drainage, so they would not be included on the repaving list to the county.  Holloman also said four major downtown streets — Trade, School, Depot, and Victoria — will significantly impact activities in the central business district “unless some specific restrictive criteria are developed for performing the needed work.”

City of Greer Roads
Most in Need of Resurfacing

Road	County	City Rating
3rd Street	Spartanburg	40
Windsor Road	Greenville	60
Trade Street	Greenville	65
Francis Street	Spartanburg	70
Maple Place	Greenville	70
Mt. Vernon Circle	Greenville	70
School Street	Greenville	70
Peachtree Drive	Greenville	70
Mt. Vernon Road	Greenville	70
Caldwell Street	Greenville	70
Forest Street Ext.	Greenville	70
Willscap Way	Greenville	70
Cornelson Drive	Greenville	70
Austin Street	Spartanburg	71
Scottbine Court	Greenville	72
Ashmore Street	Greenville	73
Beverly Lane	Greenville	73
Trevor Court	Spartanburg	75
Cohen Court	Spartanburg	75
Joines Court	Spartanburg	75
Depot Street	Greenville	75
Victoria Street	Greenville	75
Bobo Street	Greenville	75
Annandale Avenue	Greenville	75
Grove Point	Greenville	75
Highmount Drive	Greenville	75
Mt. Vernon Road	Greenville	75
Highland Drive	Greenville	75
Duer Way	Greenville	75
Village Court	Greenville	75
Hillside Drive	Greenville	76
Davis Street	Greenville	76
W. Church Street	Greenville	77
1st Street	Spartanburg	78
9th Street	Spartanburg	78
Moore Street	Spartanburg	78
Trade Street	Greenville	79
Hammond Street	Greenville	79
27th Street	Spartanburg	80
Ridgewood Drive	Spartanburg	80
Dan Street	Spartanburg	80
Line Street Ext.	Spartanburg	80
6th Street	Spartanburg	80
10th Street	Spartanburg	80
Barry Court	Spartanburg	80
Mary Street	Spartanburg	80
Rhett Street	Spartanburg	80
Victor Street	Spartanburg	81
Elmer Street	Spartanburg	84