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Marysville residents press council for permanent fix to Twelfth Road after grinding raises dust and safety concerns
Summary
Residents of Twelfth Road told the Marysville City Council the recent grinding and base material leave the street dusty and potentially unsafe; city staff said grinding was a safety step and reiterated a two-year funding timeline for a permanent hard surface while promising follow-up on gravel, compaction and dust control.
Residents on Twelfth Road pressed the Marysville City Council during public comment about a recent road-grinding project they say has left the street dusty, muddy and unsafe for school buses and pedestrians.
The residents urged the council to accelerate plans for a permanent surface and raised specific concerns about the rock used as a temporary base. "You can't just throw options at us and increase our taxes because the city is not maintaining our road," resident Chris Mosseruno said during the public comment period, describing potholes and repeated failed patching before the most recent work.
City staff said the work was done to address a safety issue. "I will speak to the reasoning behind tearing it up, and that was safety," Josh, the city administrator, told residents, adding that grinding the old surface and installing a compacted base was intended as an intermediate step, not the final surface. He said…
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