Cleveland Heights is gearing up for a serious assault on cracked and crumbling pavement this spring, rolling out a significantly larger resurfacing program and sending extra crews hunting for potholes across the city. The administration says residents will see repair teams out more often after the city boosted this year’s resurfacing effort to about $5.1 million. Drivers and cyclists should expect more milling, patching and paving on both major corridors and neighborhood side streets in the coming weeks.
In a press release from the City of Cleveland Heights, officials said they approved an initial $3.3 million paving contract that expands the number of streets in the annual resurfacing program from 11 in 2025 to 27 in 2026 and channels roughly $5.1 million toward resurfacing this year. City leaders framed the move as a strategy to step up preventative resurfacing so they can spend less time and money circling back to the same battered blocks for repeat patch jobs.
As reported by Cleveland.com, Mayor Jim Petras said the city has added a third full-time pothole crew, effectively tripling its on-the-ground patching capacity. The additional teams are expected to stay in the field for the foreseeable future, with officials signaling that residents should see more visible progress during this construction season.
Where the work will happen
According to a city release from the City of Cleveland Heights, resurfacing of Lee Road (Superior to Cedar) and Euclid Heights Boulevard westbound (Coventry to Cedar) has been postponed until gas-line work wraps up on those stretches. The same release notes that Altamont, Mount Laurel, and Brinkmore roads are on deck for Cleveland Water Division main replacements this year and will be repaved after that utility work is completed. Officials added that bids for additional streets will be issued and that an expanded list of targeted blocks is expected in June.
How to report potholes and what to expect
Residents can flag potholes through the Access Cleveland Heights app or by calling the Public Works line at 216-691-7300, as outlined by the City of Cleveland Heights. The city’s guidance explains how the Street Division prioritizes repairs and notes that crews perform both temporary patches and longer-term resurfacing, depending on pavement conditions and any overlapping utility projects.
The ramp-up is the city’s most visible push yet to chip away at years of deferred maintenance, and officials say the new funding and extra crews should shorten the annual spring scramble to patch and repave local streets. For more context and a rundown of the early street list, see Cleveland.com.
