An $8.4 million contract with Tilcon, a statewide asphalt contractor, will allow about 25 miles worth of city roads to be milled and repaved, improving major roadways, City Finance Director Michael LeBlanc told aldermen during a regular meeting. The project should begin next month, city Purchasing Director Kevin McCaffery said. Any work not done this year would be completed next year, LeBlanc said. The $8.4 million contract is more than double the city’s “typical” commitment to milling and paving, LeBlanc said. The city’s share will be $1.2 million under the state’s Local Capital Improvement and Municipal Revenue Sharing Account programs. If roads are deemed to be in poor conditions after they’re milled, Tilcon will repair them as part of the contract, LeBlanc said. Delays in the project would be due to officials ensuring the sub-bases and catch basins on the roads are properly prepared for the final coat of repaving, he said.
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