Stonecrest is moving into its next phase of road paving for the year.
The City Council voted this week to pay $2.2 million for the road work, aimed at patching potholes and making the drive smoother on the city’s worst roads.
The next wave of road paving will cover large portions of Salem, Rockland and Thompson Mill roads, Stonecrest said in a statement. When that work is completed in late November, the city will have repaved 8.4 miles of road.
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Blount Construction Company, the same firm that paved 18 city streets earlier this summer, was selected for the upcoming paving project. Stonecrest is paying for the work using SPLOST funds and a Local Maintenance Improvement Grant from the state.
“We have listened to our residents and wisely spent our tax dollars to make sure our citizens are safe, and our roads are not the cause of automobile damage. This is a process that takes time,” Mayor Jason Lary said in a statement. “We will continue to use digital analyses and sound fiscal judgment to systematically get all necessary road work completed.”
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The city previously paid $71,000 for Stantec Inc. to digitally analyze and rank the roads to determine which were most in need of repair.
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