Street Crackfilling Program

Current Status

The contractor, Denler, Inc. will begin on Tuesday, June 5, 2023. The project is expected to be compete by mid July, weather depending.

2023 Crackfill Map-List pdf

Purpose

Provide Batavia residents and businesses with safe, drive-able roadway surfaces by resurfacing deteriorated streets.

Background

The city’s annual Street Maintenance Improvement Program consists of three major categories:

  • Preventive maintenance (Crackfill)
  • Street Resurfacing
  • Street Reconstruction

Each year, the city evaluates its street and selects cost-effective maintenance treatments to enhance and extend the useful life of the pavement. When a pavement is relatively in better condition, crackfill is applied to extend the life of the pavement and reduce spot repairs such as potholes. The Crackfill Program is a very cost effective program that helps maintain and extend the life of the city’s streets. Crackfilling is performed each year on a number of city streets to prevent water from entering the pavement and reduce the spread of cracking.

The program includes cleaning and sealing cracks, voids or joints in the street that are two inches (2") in width or less with either a fiber-reinforced asphalt cement product.

Crackfilling

Construction Impacts

Crackfilling is a mobile operation that results in minimal disturbance to residences, businesses and motorists, however, lane closures may be required when the contractor is working along major thoroughfares. The roadways will remain open to at least one lane of traffic in each direction at all times and any lane closures will occur between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to minimize the impact during peak travel times. Parking may be restricted for short periods of time when the contractor is working along local streets.

Funding

This project is funded by state and local motor fuel tax funds.

Contact Information

For concerns, questions or special events that need to be coordinated, please call 630-454-2750 or email Tim Grimm. Staff will get back to you during normal business hours Monday through Friday, 7 a.m to 4 p.m.

  • Between the hours of 4 p.m. to 7 a.m., for non-life threatening emergencies, please call the non-emergency police line at 630-454-2000.
  • For emergency situations, please dial 911.

Past Project Updates:

March 2022

The City is currently preparing a list of locations for the 2022 Street Crackfilling Program. We are expecting to go out to bid in April 2022.

June 2022

The City opened bids for the 2022 Crackfilling Program on May 23, 2022 and the project has been awarded to SKC Construction of West Dundee, Illinois. The contractor will complete parking lots sealcoating in June and the crack sealing portion of this project will begin in early September.