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Thin coat or new street? How Apex picks the fix for your street
Some Apex neighborhoods got a quarter-inch microsurfacing coat this year. Others are being milled, patched and repaved for weeks. Here is how the Town matches the treatment to each street's condition, which streets are on this year's lists, what still has to happen, and how to report a problem.
Apex maintains more than 250 miles of streets, most of them in residential neighborhoods. Keeping them in shape is not one job but a toolbox: the Town's pavement program lists eight different treatments, from a chemical rejuvenator sprayed on young streets to a full mill-and-repave on worn ones. Which one a street gets depends on its condition.
To measure that condition, the Town hires a firm every three years to survey every Town street and give it a Pavement Condition Index score. The latest survey was done in fall 2023, and anyone can look up a street's score and its latest treatment in the Town's Peak Pavement Management App.
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Match the fix to the street
Pick a street's condition to see which of the Town's treatments fit it, and how many years each can add. Descriptions come from the Town's pavement program page.
Bars show the added pavement life the Town lists for each treatment. Resurfacing replaces the top layer instead, and patching fixes local damage; the Town does not list years for either. Properly maintained asphalt typically lasts 20 to 30 years.
Cut-away
What happens to the pavement
Switch treatments to see what each one does to the layers under your tires.
This year
Is your street on a 2026 list?
Type a street or neighborhood. The lists come from the Town's Street Maintenance Projects page; the Town notes the resurfacing schedule can shift with weather, site conditions and the contractor's pace.
The four microsurfaced neighborhoods, Holland Farm, Seagroves Farm, Olive Chapel Park and Ellington Place, had their cracks sealed by Aug. 20 and the microsurfacing applied by Sept. 18. The job is not finished: final cleanup and pavement markings remain, and the Town's monthly report estimates the project will be complete in November. Those same four neighborhoods were also on the resurfacing contract's patching list, which the Town lists as complete.
The budget
Two contracts, one fund
Both 2026 street contracts are paid from the Town's General Fund. They cover very different amounts of work, so the totals are not a per-street price comparison.
Resurfacing, step by step
Four phases, and why there are gaps
Residents often see days with no work between phases. The Town says that is normal: contractors and subcontractors are scheduled separately, and weather intervenes.
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Phase 1
Curb ramps and concrete
Every curb ramp on a resurfaced street, plus some nearby sidewalk, is rebuilt to current accessibility standards under the Town's 2022 ADA Transition Plan. Flag irrigation heads near the ramps; the contractor returns later to seed and straw disturbed areas.
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Phase 2
Milling and repairs
Part of the old surface layer is ground off and the pavement underneath is inspected; problem areas are repaired. Milled streets stay drivable, just slowly.
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Phase 3
Paving
New asphalt goes down, cul-de-sacs and side streets first, then the main streets toward the entrances, so heavy trucks don't roll over finished pavement. Traffic can use it almost right away.
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Phase 4
Markings
Crosswalks and speed-bump markings come back 2 to 4 weeks later, once excess oils have left the surface so the thermoplastic striping sticks.
If crews reach your street
What to expect at home
- ✓You can reach your driveway at all times.
- ✓Trash collection and mail delivery are not interrupted.
- PKeep cars off the street during work hours, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; some weekend work may be needed.
- ⌂Put yard waste on the edge of your lawn, not in the street.
- 5Drive 5 mph through freshly paved areas; tire marks generally wear off in a few weeks.
Something look wrong?
Who to tell
Not every road in Apex is a Town street. Pick who maintains yours.
Bottom line
Cheap fixes early, big fixes when needed
The Town's pavement program is built on matching the fix to the street: preservation treatments like crack sealing and microsurfacing for streets still in fair shape, and the Town's high-cost option, resurfacing, for streets with heavy cracking. A thin coat that looks rough for a few weeks is part of a plan to add years to a street. If cleanup or markings in your neighborhood still look unfinished, they may be, and if something looks wrong after the work wraps up, the Town's service request is the place to say so.
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