The decaying condition of many Garnett streets is leading city leaders to the conclusion to buy the town’s own street paving equipment and train personnel how to do pavement repair and reinstallation in order to stop the deterioration and save costs.
Earlier this year commissioners hired McClure Engineering to formulate an overall inspection of city streets and submit a repair, replacement and maintenance plan the city could implement on an ongoing basis. That plan was submitted and cited that 75% of the city’s paved streets would likely be in poor condition in the next 10 to 15 years.
City Manager Travis Wilson says commissioners had considered the equipment option in the past but had opted not to go that direction. With the added data from the McClure report Wilson says he hopes to convince commissioners that fixing its own streets was the best option. Wilson believes by doing so, the city will be able to reduce the costs and allow more road work to be completed.
