CAVE CREEK – At its Monday, April 7 meeting, the Town Council unanimously approved two contracts totaling $1,505,362.61 to repair and improve portions of 19 town roads. The road improvement paving and cape sealing projects will be completed by the end of Fiscal Year 2025, June 30, 2025.
The Town of Cave Creek Public Works Department solicited bids for paving portions of six roads and the cape sealing project, which consists of treating existing roadway surfaces with a slurry seal for leveling the road, then adding a layer of chips topped by another slurry treatment. These projects were identified in the August 2020 Pavement Management Plan. These roads require treatment to extend their serviceable life.
Roads receiving paving repairs:
- 32nd Street from Carefree Highway to the Park entrance – pulverize and pave
- Cloud Road – 150 feet east and 100 feet west of 32nd Street – pulverize and pave
- School House Road from Cave Creek Road to Military Road – pulverize and pave
- Chuckwalla Trail – edge mill and overlay
- North Red Dog Drive – edge mill and overlay
- Palo Verde Pass – edge mill and overlay
Roads receiving Cape Seal
treatments include the following: - Grapevine Road: Intersection of N. Grapevine Road west to the Town of Cave Creek Town limits; E. Grapevine Road southwest from the Town boundary at 7550 E. Grapevine Road northeast to the intersection of N. 78th Street; and West side of the intersection of N. 78th Street to the west side of the intersection of N. 80th Street.
- Yucca Road from the intersection of Spur Cross Road west to 56th Street
- 56th Street from the intersection of E. Yucca Road south to the intersection of E. Desert Hills Drive
- Desert Hills Drive from the intersection of N. 56th Street, working west for approximately 500 feet.
- Azura Hills Drive from the intersection of Spur Cross Road east to 60th Street
- 60th Street from the south edge of the Azura Hills Drive intersection to the intersection of East Lone Mountain Road North
- East Lone Mountain Road North from the intersection of 60th Street moving west toward the intersection of N. 58th Street
- 53rd Street from the south edge of the E. Barbie Lane intersection to the south edge of the E. Olesen Road intersection
- Mountain Reserve Drive from the intersection of Spur Cross Road east to the end of the cul-de-sac
- Desert Sage Place from the intersection of E. Mountain Reserve Drive south to the end of the cul-de-sac.
On March 13, 2025, the town received five bids for road paving. PAP, LLC was the lowest bidder and was awarded the paving projects. The Town received three bids for the Cape Seal projects. Cactus Asphalt was awarded the Cape Seal projects as the low bidder.
Completing these road projects will contribute to a measurable improvement of the overall inventory of Cave Creek roads as identified in the Town Council’s Strategic Plan Goals.
