Plans for Five Decatur Streets to Be Repaired/Repaved
Decatur Metro | March 21, 2011If you live – or drive frequently on – Wimberly Court, East Pharr Road, Garland Avenue, Willow Lane or Greenwood Place in Decatur, congratulations! You’ll most likely soon be enjoying some brand-new asphalt beneath your tires (or feet).
Tonight’s Decatur City Commission meeting agenda includes an item for allocating $72,028 to repair and milling of these five roads in preparation for repaving under GDOT’s repaving program.
The original low bid of $60,764 had to be increased by a little more than $11,000 because it was discovered that GDOT was skimping on asphalt, paying for only a .75″ overlay instead of the “normal” 1.18″ overlay, according to a letter from Asst. City Manager David Junger to the City Manager (page 23 of tonight’s materials). Decatur’s Senior Engineer, John Madajewski, recommended increasing it to a 1″ overlay to create a “longer lasting” roadway.
How do you get a street on the list for repair? Woodlawn Ave needs help!
Start with your City Commissioner and the City Engineer.
Lets hope they do a better job there than the incredibly poor job that was done last year on Kirk road.