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Residents press Wilkes-Barre council to force utilities to finish months-long street work; council pledges better tracking
Summary
Residents described months of repeated excavation, mud and failed repairs on Dana Street and other neighborhoods, urging the city to pressure utilities and contractors. Council members directed staff to explore stronger pave-cut enforcement, fines and a public tracking system and confirmed the city located a hot asphalt plant to allow permanent repairs.
Residents told the Wilkes-Barre City Council on Monday evening that repeated utility excavation and incomplete repairs have left some streets muddy and impassable for months. "Why is this street torn up again?" asked resident Virginia Thomas during public comment, describing mud tracked into houses on Dana Street between Hazel and Park Ave and saying the same work that was declared finished in December had…
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