City performs street maintenance
Published Nov. 3, 2004
Students frequenting some streets on campus in the past few days might have noticed the streets are torn up.
Dennie Pendergrass, chief of operations for Columbia Public Works, said the street repairs are part of Columbia's normal scheduled maintenance. The city has to repair streets every few years due to regular wear and tear.
"Streets will wear out just like a car," Pendergrass said. "It goes through a cycle. Our cycle right now is that we're giving the streets a new overlay."
The streets involved for the maintenance are: Sixth Street from Elm Street to Stewart Road, Stewart Road from Sixth Street to Providence Road and Elm Street from Ninth Street to Hitt Street.
Pendergrass said in about seven to 10 years they will have to go back and seal coat the streets.
Pendergrass said the current maintenance involves taking about an inch and a half off the surface of the road and replacing it with new asphalt.
The maintenance started on Oct. 26, and Pendergrass said the contractors should be finished soon.
"As soon as the contractors get back in, it won't take long," Pendergrass said. "The rain set them back."
This project is expected to cost a little more than $200,000 - which comes out from city funds.