The Park City Public Works Department is preparing to hire a firm to conduct regular maintenance to a group of roads inside the city, including putting down slurry seals and overlaying some streets with new asphalt.

Similar work is typically done on a consistent schedule, with different roads being worked on based on their condition. City Hall has posted a description of the anticipated work in 2010 on its Web site. Bids are due April 26. Information City Hall posted on the site indicates officials expect the work to cost approximately $604,000.

According to the information provided on the Web site, several high-traffic streets are scheduled to receive overlays of asphalt. They include:

Park Avenue from approximately the 1300 block to 10th Street, the longest stretch of road on the 2010 schedule.

Sidewinder Drive from S.R. 248 to Gold Dust Lane

Meadows Drive between American Saddler Drive and Crestline Drive

Heber Avenue between Park Avenue and Swede Alley.

The Guardsman Connection road is also scheduled to have an overlay put down.

The Heber Avenue work could prove tricky for people heading to and from Main Street. The road is one of the key access points for the street.

Meanwhile, slurry seals are slated for roads like Royal Street close to Centennial Circle, Silver King Drive between Empire Avenue and the Glenwood Cemetery and Aspen Springs Drive. The parking lot outside the Park City Library and Education Center is also scheduled to receive a slurry seal.

Trails that City Hall plans to perform maintenance on include the City Park trail between the Old Town transit center and the City Park tunnel, two sections of trail in Park Meadows and the trail along McLeod Creek between Snow Creek Drive and Saddle View Way.

The information indicates the work must take place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. City Hall will prohibit work on the streets Aug. 6-8, the dates of the Park City Kimball Arts Festival. The festival is normally one of the busiest weekends of the year in the city.

The Public Works Department rotates work each year between different streets. There are typically frequent but short traffic delays during the work.

The Park City Council will eventually decide which firm to hire for the work.