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Public Works recommends prioritizing Flankers and Metcalfe for resurfacing; board authorizes follow-up
Summary
Forest Park’s newly introduced Public Works director presented a pavement assessment of Fort Gillum roads, recommending prioritizing Flankers and Metcalfe with an estimated cost of about $1.2 million; resurfacing all assessed roads was estimated at roughly $7.7 million.
Alton Matthews, Forest Park’s new public works director, presented a pavement condition assessment for roads in the Fort Gillum area and recommended prioritizing resurfacing work on Flankers and Metcalfe roads.
Matthews reviewed common pavement distress types — including alligator cracking, block cracking and reflective cracking — and explained that alligator cracking typically indicates a need for full reconstruction rather than a surface overlay. He said consultants had taken 49 cores…
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