By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson City Engineer Jeff Peterson spoke to the City Council on Tuesday about the annual residential street maintenance program.
"Chip seal is essentially just spraying hot asphalt on the streets which seals the streets, putting chips or small aggregate on there, rolling those in," Peterson said. "A few days later we end up sweeping those off and that actually seals the whole surface of the street and helps to maintain the integrity of the asphalt underneath."
A portion of the northwest part of Hutchinson is the focus this year.
"It's bounded on the east by Monroe Street, the north 30th, the south, Nickerson Boulevard and the west, the city limits, essentially."
Some of the areas will receive a double chip seal, which is going through the chip seal process twice. A portion of the crack sealing for the city will also be included.
The cost for the project is $794,000, of which $465,000 comes from the quarter-cent sales tax, $100,000 from the growth fund, $200,000 from the special street fund and $29,000 from the general fund.