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Caldwell officials commit to fog coating 2024 chip-seal streets after residents report loose chips and bald spots
Summary
City staff told Council on Oct. 20 that crews will apply a fog coat next warm season to streets chip-sealed in 2024 after residents reported loose rock, driveways damaged and bald spots; staff estimates roughly $250,000 and plans to use existing budgeted funds and delay a chip purchase to 2027.
A resident and city staff told the Caldwell City Council on Oct. 20 that sections of Sienna Hills and other 2024 residential chip-seal streets are shedding rock, leaving loose chips in yards and bald spots that require a fog-coat treatment next warm season.
Resident Dawn Chew told the council, “Our road is atrocious… We never got the fog coating. We got the chip sealed.” She said bald patches appeared after hot weather and heavy vehicles and told council the neighborhood expected a re-evaluation of the 2024 work and quicker remediation than previously promised.
Public works staff member Bruce reported that city crews reviewed the 2024 chip-seal program and that the worst problems are on low‑volume…
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