Residents press Bryan City Council over Huntington Drive chip‑seal problems; city plans warranty rework in July

City staff and Huntington Drive residents debated options for repairing the neighborhood’s chip‑seal streets at the Bryan City Council meeting on Jan. 23, with staff recommending continued chip‑seal maintenance rather than an immediate full asphalt paving.

The city engineer explained that the streets east of State Street were built as a chip‑seal construction — a tar‑and‑stone wearing surface over a relatively thin aggregate base — and therefore lack the 10–12 inches of stone and 4 inches of hot‑mix asphalt that engineers typically require for a durable asphalt roadway. “A thin layer of asphalt over the top will not hold up,” the city engineer said, adding that an overlay would begin cracking in a few years because the underlying stone is insufficient to support the asphalt.

Residents said excessive loose stone and, in some cases, glass and other debris left after the contractor’s work…