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Projects get under way on local streets By NATALIE JOHNSON It may only be a dent in the work that needs to be done, but city crews are re- paving eight blocks of Shel- ton streets this month. "Basically what they're doing is some random ar- eas in town that are in some really bad shape," said City Engineer Mike Michael. Two of the blocks are on Cedar and Pine between 7th and 8th Street. "A portion of them are up in the Mountain View area on King Street," Mi- chael added. Every summer, city street crews go through town and pick out some of the worst streets to repave as part of the city's routine maintenance of streets, he said. "We budget on the or- der of $40,000 to $60,000 a year depending on what's going to be available to us," he said. If a street isn't too badly damaged, crews will chip seal the road, Michael said. On several of the blocks in downtown Shelton un- dergoing maintenance how- ever, crews are completely redoing the road, using a pavement reclamation machine, which pulverizes the existing pavement and mixes it in with underlying soil to strengthen the road bed. "That's the most exten- sive type of rehabilita- tion that we do," Michael said. For the past week city crews have used the rec- lamation machine to tear up the old pavement of the downtown blocks, but are City road crews use a pavement reclamation machine to prep a downtown city block for repaving. waiting to lay down the pavement. Tuesday, the Mason County Board Of Commis- sioners approved an agree- ment with the city that al- lows the road crews to take advantage of county mate- rial contracts to buy the asphalt. The city will likely buy the asphalt and start pav- ing next week. When crews do start paving, they will use a new machine recently pur- chased by the city - a Lay- ton Box, which is a small road paver towed behind a large truck:)* ' "This we¢l~ Commission- er (Dawn) Pannell broke the obligatory bottle of champagne on the Layton Box," Mayor John Tarrant said Monday, "Our street crews have been busy prep- ping several streets." However, one city road project that crews had planned on completing this summer will have to wait until next year. Originally, the city planned on completing a repaving project on K Street before school started, since Mountain View Elementary School sits on K Street," Michael said. The city only received its final funding approval from the Federal Highway Administration Thursday, which doesn't leave enough time to advertise for bids and complete the project Journal photo by Natalie Johnson before fall weather turns rainy and cold. "We've decided to delay that until next summer," he said. "We're hoping to advertise that job late in the fall or early winter." The grant funds ap- proved by Federal High- ways will hold over until next year, Michael said. STORE & DELl SPECIALS-- AUGUST 25- 31 have fishing supplies! Skokomish Indian Tribal Enterprises (S.I.T.E.) ® 19390 North U.S. Hwy. I01 Skokomish Nation, WA 98584 At the intersection of Hwy. I01 & Hwy. 106 minutes north of Shelton on the Skokomish Indian Reservation Located next to the Lucky Dog Casino • 427-9099 s ILl99 . • ~ ............... ,,i~i,~ ...... ~ ~ :~ ........ ~ :~'I~ ~ ~!~, ' 18 pk. 12 oz. 1% i q,l v .......... ii Dr. Payal K. Shah Microsoft. Go to MyMasonHealth.com for medical histories Fomily proctice. Family core. Payal K. Shah, M.D., board-eligible in family practice, joins the medical staffat Shelton Family Medicine and the more than 100 physicians on staff at Mason General Hospital. Dr. Shah received her medical degree from the Ross University School of Medicine, North Brunswick, New Jersey in 2009; and completed her internship and residency at Montgomery Family Practice Residency Program in Norristown, Pennsylvania. To make an appointment with Dr. Shah call Shelton Family Medicine at (360) 425-2653. Mason General Hospital Shelton Family Medicine (360) 426-2653 1 ..... 939 ~r~: View Dr. Ste. !C}O,-Shelton WA 98584 Sheiton-Mason County Journal-Thursday, August 25,2011 - Page A-3