A $312,959 contract has been awarded to Telfer Highway Technologies of McClellan to splash slurry seal material on 11 miles of residential streets.

Five firms bid on the job, with the highest coming in at $610,878.

City Manager Toby Wells said the area to receive treatment includes primarily subdivisions built in the 1980s which are "overdue for this maintenance work." The area is bounded by Kinser Road on the north, Service Road on the south, Morgan Road on the west and Blaker Road on the east. Subdivisions were work will be done are Glenbrook, Inland Blaker, Melba Estates, Burton Estates, Don Pedro Park, Cherry Glen, Southwood 1, Orchard Estates, Rader Estates1, 2 and 3, Inland Estates, Hillview Estates, Pink Place, Maria Estates, Sierra Park, Whispering Woods, Del Sol Estates, Serenity Estates, and Westwood Meadows.

Slurry seals are a mixture of emulsified asphalt (a mixture made from oil and fine sand aggregate) that extends the life of a street.