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Residents press council on Charles Street condition; manager points to planned stormwater project
Summary
Residents raised localized road condition complaints (Charles Street) and urged resurfacing; city manager and council explained large upcoming stormwater infrastructure work will require tearing up and fully repaving the street as part of a broader project.
During public comment Robert Fleck described poor pavement conditions on Charles Street (between US‑1 and a nearby cross street) and said he had provided photographs of 'washboard' conditions and repeated attempts to get resurfacing. The council and city manager explained that a major stormwater mitigation project will run a large diameter line along much of Charles Street and that repaving now would be premature because the construction will require tearing up the street.
"A lot of Charles Street as you see it today will have to be totally tore up completely," the city manager said, explaining that final design and engineering are ongoing and that resurfacing would occur as part of the larger project. He also described acquiring properties for stormwater projects and sequencing demolition, grading and seeding before construction.
