SALISBURY -- The Salisbury City Council is considering an update to its aged paving policy, written in 2005, that officials hope will add flexibility.
“It is outdated. It hasn’t been updated in eight years and I think there’s some room for improvement,” Acting-Public Works Director Amanda Pollack told the council.
Areas that need to be addressed include the role of public works in managing paving, the extent of repaving required for any project and the tightening of definitions and language in the document, according to Pollack.
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"One of the biggest changes in the new policy would be a reduction in the amount of re-paving necessary after certain projects. Under the current plan, any time asphalt is affected by construction the full-width of the roadway must be re-paved. Pollack recommended lessening that so only the lane that is impacted has to be re-paved."
ReplyDeleteThis is BS because this policy was created to make the developer/builder replace a larger section of road instead of leaving an uneven pot hole in the road. This is some more evidence that the developers and builders are in Jim Ireton's and Jacob Day's pockets. This will also make the city streets look like nothing but patchwork. It is pathetic that Jim Ireton would stoop this low just to let the builders save a couple of bucks. I give Gary Comegys and the council at the time credit for putting this law in affect. This should not be touched, leave it alone.
You mean to say that they actually still pave roadways in Salisbury? News to me
ReplyDeleteName me one street that has be re-paved since ireton took office!!!
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ReplyDeleteIt's Ireton and Day in the developers' pocket!
7:41. There is one street in Salisbury that has never been repaved in 50 years. It's Riverside Drive. You had a public works director who knew road building, and he was Pete Cooper. He did not care about politics, he just got the job done.
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