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More on potholes
A second contractor is expected to join up with the pothole posse in patching the worst of the worst potholes around Middletown starting today.
Middletown City Council voted Tuesday, April 15, to appropriate up to $200,000 for the pothole patching. However, city officials say the won’t spent the entire amount unless it’s absolutely necessary.
Superior Blacktop will be joining the crew from Armrel Byrnes in patching potholes around the city, according to Public Works Director Ginger Smith.
Council was also updated that the number of pothole claims paid by the city’s insurance carrier is up to 24.
On a related matter, you might recognize someone on a pothole patching crew on Friday.
Middletown Mayor Lawrence P. Mulligan Jr. said Tuesday that he will spend a few hours on Friday helping city crews patch some potholes.
Mulligan said he was following the lead of Councilwoman Anita Scott Jones who spent a few hours on city snowplow during a heavy snowfall in early March.
Smith suggested Mulligan wear very old, old clothes on Friday.
And finally, we’re not sure how this will play at Middletown Municipal Court, but a Franklin man who was arrested for drunk driving on April 10 had an interesting reason for his driving. A city medic unit called for police after they saw this person driving all over South Sutphin Street and had struck the curb several times.
When the officer arrived and questioned the driver, the driver said he “always drove this way in order to be safe and avoid all the potholes.”
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By VietVet
April 18, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
How many bids did the city get before hiring Byrnes and Superior? Were they the best deal for the money? Why didn’t the city use their trucks on a two shift basis and pull city workers to man the trucks on the off shifts? Why can Armrel lay 16 to 21 tons of asphalt to city crew doing 8 tons in a given 8 hour period of time? Why not hire temps to man city trucks for the second shift? Why was this just now done. Why did the city wait so long to start to elevate the amount of patching activity?