Parma recently repaved Nottingham Drive. (John Benson/cleveland.com)

PARMA, Ohio -- Motorists traversing side streets in Parma this year will experience a larger-than-normal orange barrel invasion.

That’s due to the city’s two-year plan to ramp up repairs using funds from its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) award. Upward of $10 million worth of work is currently planned on 56 streets in all wards for the current and 2023 construction seasons.

Parma is receiving a total of $24 million in ARPA funds over two years.

“We have about $2 million in the capital budget, which is normal, but using recovery dollars, we’re adding an additional $5 million over a two-year period,” Mayor Tim DeGeeter said.

“We have a number of streets open that do not need sewer work or handicap ramps. The idea is we can get those streets grounded and resurfaced. Those are the ones we’re going to tackle first here in 2022.

“We’re going to try to be aggressive, as we always are, and try to get as much done, but again this is over a two-year period,” he said.

Parma Service Director Tony Vannello said work is completed or currently taking place on Baron Drive, Fox Hollow Drive, Dawn Haven Drive, Nottingham Drive, Marioncliffe Drive, Farnsworth Drive, Onaway Oval, Yorktown Drive and Night Vista Drive.

Parma recently repaved Nottingham Drive. (John Benson/cleveland.com)

These roads were selected due to the lack of underlying conditions requiring added attention.

Overall, most of the streets are asphalt repaving mill-and-fill projects with full-depth repairs as needed. ADA walkways will be added, as well as repairs to curbs and catch basins.

“We primarily use a paving contractor to grind out the old material, apply a tack coat layer and an intermediate layer of asphalt binder,” Vannello said. “City crews then perform all sewer manhole and casting repairs, along with doing the same with all curb inlet drains.

“They perform any needed street base replacement, concrete curb repairs and install any needed handicap accessible ramps at intersections. A paving contractor then installs the finished asphalt surface layer and seals all perimeter seam edges.

“City crews do occasionally perform the installation of the intermediate layer of asphalt binder, but only when our workforce demand allows it,” Vannello said.

The current timeframe for construction runs through November, when asphalt plants close for the winter. However, Vannello noted that’s when the city pivots.

“We’ll save a couple of these streets on the list that just have concrete panel repairs and not asphalt,” Vannello said. “So we’ll try to stretch out our season a little bit longer. We did that last year at the end of the season.

“The idea is to tackle as many of these off of this list as possible. The hope would be that we’ll get through two-thirds of it and have to come up with more streets next year.”

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