City staff updated the Sunbury Services Committee on Sept. 3 about ongoing street improvement work and a pavement rejuvenation trial, and they reported an upcoming contractor schedule for Columbus Street parking lot work.

Carla, the city staff presenter, displayed photos of milling and paving operations on Cheshire Road, McGill Street and other locations, and she showed equipment used for a pavement rejuvenator treatment. She explained the rejuvenator is a liquid binder applied to the pavement surface that helps restore binder and add a fine aggregate topcoat; crews swept treated streets and removed loose material after application.

Carla said crews have completed roughly half of the streets scheduled for this program and highlighted Walnut View Street and McGill Street as recently milled and paved. She told the committee the rejuvenator is intended to extend pavement life by roughly five to seven years, citing a conversation with the product vendor, Pavement Technologies, that indicated local streets were “thirsty” and accepting the binder well.

A committee member said they liked the rejuvenator treatment. Carla said signs noting “loose gravel” and sweeping of treated streets were part of the process and that painted pavement markings may appear dull for a short period until the surface settles.

On the Columbus Street parking lot project, Carla said the prime contractor Decker informed staff they will perform the work in-house rather than using the previously planned subcontractor, Ironsight. Decker plans to start later in the month and tree removals are likely in the next couple of weeks; Carla said she will provide an updated schedule at the next committee meeting.

Ending: Staff said they will provide a schedule update in two weeks and that the rejuvenator project will serve as a case study for extending pavement life across the system.