Canal Street will be milled, repaved
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Since repaving of Canal Street was planned anyway, town crews intend to smooth out the heavy curve in the street while they’re at it.
Highway Superintendent Travis Sirrine said crews have already begun removing the deteriorating concrete curbs on either side of Canal Street.
Plans call for removing the curbs and the catch basins and fixing any drainage issues.
The heavily used street will also get some “easing” of the heavy curve about halfway down. The street handles truck traffic for Modern Lumber and Unicorr Packaging Group and others and also serves as a short cut. Crews will widen the curb area so it can hold the bituminous curbs without reducing the width of the road. Milling and paving the street should start the first full week of August, he said, and they hope to be done by mid-August. They intend to work around “commuter” hours he said, but drivers could still expect some delays, regardless.
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Canal Street will be redone in August. Linda Lemmon photo.