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Vienna plans $538,000 paving program; council praises crews for rapid water-line repair
Summary
Public Works outlined a paving-only program totaling about $538,000 for specified streets and alley sections; council also praised crews for a two-hour repair of a major water-line failure on 20 Ninth Street. The plan excludes concrete work and focuses on patching and paving.
Craig (Metz), a Public Works staff member recognized earlier in the meeting, presented a paving-only plan the council was told will cost approximately $538,000; the total does not include concrete repairs. The plan lists streets and alley segments proposed for paving or patching and notes many repairs will be smaller "patchwork" sections rather than full concrete replacement.
Mayor (name not specified) and council members discussed the list of streets to be paved. Items named for paving or repair in the presentation included (verbatim list from the presentation): Tenth Street from Twelfth to Fourteenth Avenue; Fourteenth Avenue from Eighth to Twelfth Street; Eighth Avenue; 201 First Street; 301 First Street from Grama Central to Eighth Avenue; the alley between 34 to 30 Seventh; Second and Third Avenue; 201 First Street Eighth to Ninth Avenue; Third Avenue from Third at 309 Ninth Street to 307 Seventh Street; Green Mile Hills Terrace; Thirteenth Avenue from 50 Sixth Street; Apollonia Park parking lot; Ninth and Tenth Street off Fifteenth Avenue and other small sections.
Craig told the council many areas require utility- related concrete repairs and curb-line edge replacement; the work plan emphasizes smaller, targeted patches (for example, 20-by-10-foot sections) where deterioration is concentrated. The presentation also referenced a recent effort to create parking on a portion of an old industrial site, adding about 250 spaces to an area council members had considered difficult to reuse.
Separately, council members publicly praised Public Works crews for responding to a large water-line break on 20 Ninth Street. The mayor said city crews, after contractor damage during a gas-line repair, "within a 2 hour time period, had it had the water shut off, had the repair done, and had water back on servicing our community." Council asked that appreciation be extended to the crews.
The paving program will proceed under the constraints noted: it covers paving (asphalt) only, excludes concrete replacement costs and includes many localized utility- repair overlays. The council did not adopt a final contract in the meeting and did not set a construction start date; further procurement or scheduling steps will be required before work begins.
