City of Meadow Lake on track for summer paving projects
Imperfect roadways are a fact of life in Canada, but repairs are moving along nicely in the Meadow Lake paving department this summer, according to city manager Diana Burton.
Burton said there are two major paving projects the city works on from year to year. One is asphalt recapping, when areas of worn or cracked pavement are replaced. The other is utility patching, which occurs when the infrastructure beneath the road needs maintenance or replacement, such as water and sewer lines. Many streets in the city have gotten recapped, with the biggest stretch being on Second Ave. West.
City crews are currently working on the area of Cochin Avenue, after the storm sewer had to be replaced last summer, Burton said.
“It went through a couple yards on Cochin Avenue and up and down Sixth Avenue,” she said. “The plan was this year to pave that. All of Cochin Avenue is getting done, there’s two blocks of Third Street W., one block of Fourth St. W, and three-quarters of a block on Second Street West and Sixth Avenue that’s all dug up and getting replaced.