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Municipal Development: crack-sealing crews face 1,000-case backlog; contractors and hires planned
Summary
The Department of Municipal Development told the council it manages 4,600 lane miles of streets and is working through a crack-sealing backlog of roughly 1,000 requests. Director Jennifer Turner said crews can seal about one mile per day when fully staffed, the department is three positions short, and the city paid contractors roughly $1.4 million
Jennifer Turner, director of the Department of Municipal Development (DMD), gave the City Council a detailed update on the city’s crack-sealing program and street preservation efforts.
Turner said DMD is responsible for more than 4,600 lane miles of road and that the department sees two distinct crack types: smaller, age-related cracks and larger, thermal cracks. Crack sealing is a preventive treatment meant to delay more costly repairs such as mill-and-overlay. Turner described the city’s equipment and personnel: the department owns multiple specialized kettles and, when fully staffed, has 10 blue-collar employees plus a supervisor. Currently seven of those…
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