Streets

When is it a city street?
Most streets are owned and maintained by the City of Riverside. A few streets, however, are privately owned by a business or housing development. Only public streets are maintained by the city. Other streets like 9 Hwy and 169 Hwy are owned and maintained by the Missouri State Highway Department, which is also responsible for all traffic signs, potholes and clean up on those streets.

Who maintains street signage and signals?
The City of Riverside Public Works division maintains, repairs and replaces all City owned regulatory, warning and information signs; paints roadways, including center lines, edge lines, crosswalks, stop bars, turn arrows and railroad crossings. Traffic signals are maintained by the Kansas City Power and Light department.

• To report a missing or damaged road sign call (816) 741-3908.
• To report street light outages call (816) 741-3908.

How do potholes get fixed?
Your Public Works department's goal is to repairs potholes within 24 hours of notification. Repairs are dependent on availability of materials and weather cooperation. To report a pothole call (816) 741-3908. Please be sure to give an exact location description, the nearest cross street and your name and phone number (to help crews locate the pothole).

When does street sweeping occur?
Streets are swept on a bi-weekly schedule, weather permitting.  For information about when your street is scheduled to be swept, please contact Public Works at (816) 741-3908.

Tell me about snow removal.
The Public Works department's goal is to clear streets of snow and ice as soon as possible after a storm to assure safe driving conditions. To accomplish this goal, streets are assigned one of four categories: 1st priority, 2nd priority, 3rd priority and residential.

• 1st priority streets include main thoroughfares in and out of Riverside, places leading to food and shelter and emergency vehicle designated streets. These streets will continue to be cleaned until safe travel is secured. When this is accomplished, 2nd priority streets will be addressed.
• 2nd priority streets are through-streets in housing divisions intersecting with 1st priority streets. This pattern places most residents within 3 blocks of a cleared street.
• 3rd priority streets are problematic residential streets - those with steep grades, a bad intersection or the only in-out access to an area.