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Lebanon City to run new "green" total patcher for potholes; DPW outlines sign replacements and brush week schedule
Summary
Lebanon City’s Department of Public Works plans to use a recently acquired 'total patcher' this summer to improve pothole repairs, roll out about 110 new street-name signs over the next year or two, and run scheduled brush-week pick-ups beginning April 6.
Lebanon City’s Department of Public Works will deploy a newly acquired "total patcher" this spring and summer to repair potholes and other pavement distress, DPW street superintendent Alex Smith said on the Love and Lebanon podcast.
"It's called a total patcher," Smith said, describing the machine as a unit that applies a thin layer of binder and crushed stone, then rolls the surface; "after a couple weeks, you can't even really tell that it was it's there." The department expects to use the device frequently once asphalt plants reopen and weather permits.
The equipment is intended to supplement winter cold-patch work and reduce repeat repairs, Smith said. He described an operational sequence: crews apply the patching treatment, allow a short curing…
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