REDMOND — Twenty streets in Redmond and the parking lot of one busy city park are going to be closed at some point next week for roadwork, but city officials say there shouldn’t be much inconvenience.

“We work really hard to coordinate through all the other city departments and get the word out to the public, so I’m not expecting any problems,” said Rob Peters, transportation division manager.

The streets are all cul-de-sacs or dead ends, places where getting equipment for chip sealing can be problematic. This is year four of a five-year plan to seal-coat all non-through streets in Redmond, according to Peters.

“Seal coating works well on those low-use streets and can extend their life another five to seven years,” he said. “If we can seal 20 streets for $50,000, that’s a lot better than the $10,000 it would taken to repave a single street.”

The seal coat, a protective mixture of sand and oil, should cure in a matter of hours in the summer heat, Peters said. The city is warning homeowners that crews may close streets from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., but all of that time is not expected to be needed. Residents are asked to refrain from parking on the street on their affected day and turn off sprinklers the day before because moisture adversely affects the curing.

“It only takes about 30 minutes to apply the materials, then it just needs to cure,” Peters said. “If we get there and there are cars on the street, we just knock on doors and ask them to park it around the block. This has been a very successful program so far, we’ve only had to tow a couple of cars and that’s because they weren’t running.”

The parking lot at American Legion Park in southwest Redmond will be closed for seal coating as well, beginning Monday. The lot will be closed the next day for striping. Access to the park will be available using the Redmond High parking lot and walking through the Highland Avenue tunnel or parking on Southwest Canyon Drive and using the pedestrian path into the park.

— Reporter: 541-548-2186, lpugmire@bendbulletin.com