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Water and heavy vehicle traffic has crumbled the pavement at West Railroad Avenue and Fifth Avenue in downtown Shelton. According to a new Pavement Condition Index study, the overall conditions of city streets has improved since 2020, but the city has limited funds to repair, rehabilitate and replace streets.
Olympic Highway North, last repaired in the 1990s, is "shattered," says City of Shelton Public Works Director Jay Harris.
At an Oct. 22 study session devoted to city's pavement preservation program, Harris told the Shelton City Council, "You can tell about every 20 feet you hit a crack, another crack, another crack, every 20 feet or so you go ka-thump, ka-thump, ka-thump, when you're going down the road, there's what's called the old market road is laying under there."
He added, "We can't let roads get to that condition again, especially on these major collectors. We have to get to them sooner...
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