CAMBRIDGE – With spring now in full swing, road work can resume and the city announced Friday a tentative schedule for road resurfacing in April.

This year, the annual paving project will be completed by the David A. Bramble Company which won this work through a competitive bid last year. This company already completed a portion of the city's paving project last year, most notably having paved Chesapeake Drive and Pine Street before the first of the year.

The schedule for paving is tentative and is subject to change from factors such as rain and temperature, or unexpected subbase road problems discovered through the milling process.

The Mayor and Commissioners of Cambridge budgeted $950,000 for road resurfacing in the current fiscal year. The city engineer estimates Cambridge needs to invest about $500,000 annually to maintain existing roads, a figure which has not been available in recent years, the statement said. The Engineering Department maintains a list of streets in need of resurfacing, with the worst streets receiving the highest priority.

Road resurfacing is part of a broader slate of public improvements the City of Cambridge is working on. Other improvements including replacing failing sewers on Water Street and Hambrooks, improving sidewalks on Poplar and Race, installing four-way stop signs at several downtown intersections, launching a residential sidewalk replacement program this spring, and replacing the Trenton Avenue Pumping Station for the city’s sanitary sewerage system.

Citizens with questions or concerns may email City Manager Tom Carroll at TCarroll@ChooseCambridge.com.