Streets
The Street Department is charged with maintaining 60 plus miles of City streets and roads and approximately twenty-three miles of alleys and other municipally owned property, floodways and easements.
In addition, the department is responsible for maintenance at Southeast Colorado Regional Airport, regulatory traffic signage, municipal parking lots, school crossing markings, tree trimming, street patching, grading alleys and gravel streets, resurfacing streets and street sweeping and plowing.
The Department employs ten full-time employees. One of its key strengths is its ability to perform a variety of skilled construction work in-house; some recent examples include curb and gutter and handicap ramp replacement, Crystal Street retaining wall, and construction of the new electrical vault at the Airport from the ground up.
When special City projects occur, such as remodeling city facilities, building new ballfields, or constructing a new Landfill liner, the Street Department is always a key player in the project.
The Street Department takes pride in the projects they complete for citizens. Employees strive to make Lamar a better place to grow, work and live.
The City of Lamar’s Street Department will begin its annual paving season on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 and run through early October. Street work generally occurs Monday–Thursday during this period. Please note that the paving schedule is weather permitting and may be adjusted due to time constraints or unforeseen circumstances.
Tentative Paving Schedule:
- 6th Street from Hickory to Maple Street (9/2 & 9/3)
- Maple Street from 6th Street to 5th Street (9/4 & 9/5)
- West Walnut Street from 12th Street to 8th Street
- Willow Valley – 500, 600, 700, and 100 blocks
- East Walnut from 1st Street to the end
- Sandoval Lane - Maple Street to Avenida Colonia (budget permitting)
Each year, the City allocates funding and resources for street improvements. As part of this effort, selected streets undergo rotomilling, a process that removes existing asphalt layers to prepare the surface for new paving. The removed material (rotomillings) is carefully collected and recycled for use in other City projects, whenever appropriate.
2025 Project Highlights:
- Budget: Approximately $350,000
- Purpose: To cover costs for asphalt, equipment rentals, and necessary supplies
- Improvement Method: All streets selected for rotomilling will receive a fresh 2-inch asphalt overlay, enhancing durability and ride quality.
These improvements are part of the City’s ongoing commitment to maintaining safe, efficient, and well-maintained roadways for residents and visitors.
Residents on affected streets will be notified 1–2 days before construction begins. Lamar Street personnel will leave door hangers at homes if no one is available. Project updates will be shared regularly on the City’s Facebook, Instagram, and mobile app (available on the App Store and Google Play; be sure to enable notifications).
Please follow all road closures to ensure safety for both residents and crews. The City of Lamar thanks you for your patience and cooperation as we continue making improvements.
If you have any questions, please call Public Works at 719-336-2002.
- Complete re building of five blocks of west Maple St.
- Complete Drainage project at the Airport ( In kind Grand Match)
- Strive to improve Street infrastructure and develop a Master Asset Program.
- Strive to provide total quality and acost effective service for the citizens of Lamar.
- Produce quality workmanship and results on all projects.
- Be a team player and assist other municipal despartments as needed.
- Assure that the department performs in safe and efficient manner.
- Continue Professional development training and increasing awareness of safety.
- Completed construction of a substantial drainage project in the Industrial Park.
- Overlaid various City streets with 1,120 tons of Asphalt.
- Supported City events, including Lamar Days, Sand & Sage Fair, Clean-up Lamar Weekend, Oktoberfest and Chamber of Commerse Events.
- Completed work on numerous drainage issues and curb projects throughout the City.
Below is a summary of street condition gradings since the City began to systematically address road conditions in 2013. Since then, Streets has made significant progress on improving conditions, understanding that our roadways are constantly aging.
| Year | Poor | Fair | Good | Dirt | RotoMillings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | .28 miles | 25.02 miles | 31.72 miles | 6.22 miles | .60 miles |
| 2022 | .54 | 25.46 | 31.02 | 6.30 | 0.51 |
| 2021 | .82 | 25.59 | 30.46 | 6.37 | 0.51 |
| 2020 | 1.21 | 26.74 | 28.83 | 6.46 | 0.51 |
| 2019 | 1.35 | 27.74 | 27.69 | 6.46 | 0.51 |
| 2018 | 2.16 | 28.03 | 25.69 | 6.46 | 0.51 |
| 2017 | 3.34 | 28.94 | 22.49 | 7.17 | 0.51 |
| 2016 | 4.62 | 30.17 | 19.37 | 5.89 | 0.51 |
| 2015 | 6.25 | 31.10 | 16.74 | 5.89 | 0.51 |
| 2014 | 7.90 | 32.80 | 13.35 | 5.89 | .051 |
| 2013 | 12.93 | 32.80 | 8.32 | 5.89 | .051 |