Transportation
BY DANICA LLOYD & CLAIRE SHOOP
City undertakes annual street resurfacing work The city of Georgetown will work from August until mid-November to resurface and repair several neighborhood streets throughout the city. This annual project—costing nearly $5 million in 2023—is funded by the city’s $0.0025 street maintenance sales tax. The specifics The city utilizes two different methods for its street resurfacing projects. The first, called hot-in-place recycling, is a process that heats, removes, grounds and remixes the existing pavement with new material to create a new asphalt surface, according to a city news release. Work using this method began Aug. 7 in the Pecan Branch North neighborhood. The other way the city treats streets is called a high-performance surface seal. This involves applying sealant to the surface of the road,
TxDOT offers safety tips for school zones With classes back in session, the Texas Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to be cautious in school zones and around school buses to help keep students safe. There are hundreds of traffic incidents each year due to driver inattention, speeding and failure to yield the right of way, officials said in a news release. Keep in mind • Be prepared for potential traffic pattern changes around schools. • Drop off and pick up students in the school’s designated area. • Obey school zone speed limit signs. • Watch for kids getting on and off buses. • Stop for flashing lights or stop signs on school buses in either direction.
Hot-in-place recycling • The North College-Holly-Morrow streets area • The Pecan Branch North subdivision • The River Ridge subdivision What’s being done Streets in several city neighborhoods and one area north of downtown will undergo resurfacing work as part of the city’s annual improvement project.
• The San Gabriel Heights subdivision • The Williams Addition subdivision High-performance surface seal • The LaConterra subdivision • The Pinnacle subdivision • The River Bend subdivision • The Sun City subdivision • The Thousand Oaks subdivision • The Westhaven subdivision SOURCE: CITY OF GEORGETOWN/COMMUNITY IMPACT
reducing the damage it incurs from UV radiation, water and traffic. Sealant work began Aug. 16 and will take place in six neighborhoods. Georgetown will notify affected residents through the city website, Nextdoor and flyers.
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