Street Repaving

Its been published in the newsletter, talked about at Town Board meetings, listed on the Town website, scrolled on Channel 8, and distributed to neighborhoods in handouts. By now people should know that the Town is part way through a major street repaving effort. The neighborhoods being completed this year include the areas north of Rock Creek Parkway and south of Coalton Road.

A resident, that hold himself out as an expert in these things, asked last night why we are grinding off 1 1/2 inches of the old asphalt on the edges and tapering it off at 10 feet from the curb. Why not grind it off all the way across the road? The simple answer is that we just aren't that wasteful.

The grinding process - called milling or rotomilling, is not always necessary. It is used to remove severely deteriorated pavements and we are being proactive enough to avoid that level of need and expense. The reason we are doing this partial or "wedge" mill is to properly match the asphalt in with the curb lines and eliminate unnecessary edges.

The removal of all the excess asphalt wastes energy, fuel to haul it off, and disposal issues. should we pay $0.65 per foot of road for preparation or pay an additional $5.00 per foot of road to remove all this extra?

Yes, it changes the road cross slope. But anyone who can notice an extra 2 inches in the crown of a 36 foot wide road sure has a sensative and calibrated butt!