Alley Information & Services

Services Provided

The City currently has 1,200 alleys. Improvements have been made in the last several years to provide increased alley maintenance in various ways:

Alleys identified with evasive weeds and vegetation control problems are now proactively maintained by mowing, removing saplings, brush, and grading the right-of-way.
Dust control in semi-improved alleys is now accomplished using an effective mixture of water and magnesium chloride sprayed over graded road base material. A single application applied once annually to the road base, helps mitigate or reduce airborne dust problems.

Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps (SRCC) with crews of up to 10 people are deployed to clean alleys of brush, weeds, tree limbs, debris, and perform other routine maintenance services

Alley Types

	Improved	Semi-improved	Unimproved
Surface	Portland concrete cement (PCC) or asphalt concrete cement (ACC) or composite	Gravel	Native surface (dirt)
Maintenance	Patching and general repairs as needed	Re-grading, weed and dust control	Vegetation and debris removal and dust control

Alley Related Issues

For issues such as:

Abandoned vehicles
Weeds and overgrown vegetation
Running water in alley such as broken or leaking waterline
Illegal dumping such as household trash, appliances, tires, etc.
Surface maintenance such as uneven alley access, potholes and standing water due to poor drainage

Dial 311 or use the 311 app and give the exact alley location e.g. "alley behind [street address]".
For surface related issues, please give the surface type (gravel, dirt, concrete, asphalt).

HOW TO GET A PUBLIC ALLEY PAVED

For more information on getting a public alley paved, please contact:

(916) 808-1392

NOTE: Average cost for a PCC (Portland Concrete Cement) alley in midtown over $150,000 and requires buy-in of adjacent property owners that adjoin the alley.