Mayor Malik Releases 2025 Resurfacing List

Akron Mayor Shammas Malik has released the 2025 resurfacing list covering 34 new miles of roadway and 14 miles of carryover roads for a total investment of 48 miles of newly resurfaced Akron roads. The list also includes this year’s concrete pavement rehabilitation program which focuses on Ward 6. Mayor Malik has budgeted $5.75 million for the resurfacing program and an additional $2.15 million for the concrete pavement rehabilitation program. View the full list here.

“We’re proud to announce this year’s resurfacing program which covers 34 new miles of roadway and 14 miles of carryover work,” said Mayor Malik. “We’re already over halfway done with the carryover roads so we will be getting started with the 2025 list very soon. Akron’s roadways are a high priority for many of our residents and while there’s plenty of work to do across the city, each year this program makes a huge difference. I’m excited for our residents to see the full impact of this investment at the end of the season.”

In creating the resurfacing list each year, the City grades the condition of each street and paves the “worst first,” taking into consideration traffic conditions and clustering streets together to reduce mobilization costs and maximize efficiency. The city also considers upcoming construction projects such as lead line replacements, underground utility work, or sewer projects which may delay a road from getting resurfaced until that work is complete. The paving list and schedule are subject to change due to various circumstances such as weather.

The city grades each road with the pavement condition index (PCI) which is a numerical index used to indicate the general condition of a pavement section. For the 2025 list, some of the worst graded streets which will be done include:

Cuyahoga Falls Ave. from Murray Ave. to Gorge Blvd.Big Falls Ave. from Cuyahoga Falls Ave. E. to 1211 Big Falls Ave.Blaine Ave. from York St. E. to Cuyahoga Falls Ave. E.Schiller Ave. from Tallmadge Ave. to Cuyahoga Falls Ave. E.Damon St. from Evans Ave. to Tallmadge Ave. E.East Ave. from Biruta St. to Manchester Rd.Orlando Ave. from Stoner St. to Copley Rd.Winton Ave. from Stoner St. to Copley Rd.Allenford St. from Pelton Ave. to Nesmith Lake Blvd. and from Manchester Rd. to Pelton Ave.Eastwood Ave. from Brittain Rd. to Darrow Rd.

Many of these streets were delayed from previous resurfacing programs due to lead line work happening in the areas. For the full list click here.

Since 2017, when voters approved a 0.25% income tax increase to support Police, Fire, and Roads, the city has been able to go from paving 16 miles of roadway a year to approximately 48 miles per year on average. Due to that ongoing work, most of Akron's roadways are now graded as "fair" to "good" which is an outstanding improvement from where the city was 5, 10, or 15 years ago. 

Signage will be posted on each street several days before resurfacing work is scheduled to begin. Traffic is maintained as much as possible during this work, but on-street parking is prohibited on the dates posted.  Periodic updates to the program will be posted on the City’s social media pages (Facebook: City of Akron, Ohio – Mayor’s Office; Instagram: instagram.com/akronmayormalik).   

Spring is the city’s busy season for pothole filling, and crews are filling 200-300 potholes every single day. When residents enter a service request, a member of the team is dispatched to check it out within 48 hours. Once they’ve validated the request, they enter a work order to get that pothole filled. From that point, it takes another 24-48 hours for the work to be completed. It may take longer during winter when crews only have cold patch and are also responding to snow and ice events.

Residents can submit a service request to 311 to get a pothole filled or to request a road be considered for future resurfacing programs by calling 3-1-1, going online to akronohio.gov/311 or downloading the Akron311 app.