Politics & Government
Pine Street Gets a Sandy Restorative Seal
The public works department recently applied a special restorative seal to fix up Pine Street for another several years.
Was it an oil slick? Nope. Was it a leaking sand truck? Still no.
You can still see traces of sand all along Pine Street and residents were wondering just what happened after town public works crews made repairs to the road in July.
DPW Operations Director Bob Lee tells the Salem News the town decided to use a newer and more cost-effective method with Pine Street that hadn't been used in Danvers before.
He said it only cost $44,000 now versus patching the "failing" pavement for another couple years and then milling and replacing it all for about $250,000.
The "novel" solution to traditional patching instead involves spreading the asphalt emulsion, brushing it and then having a town sander spread a thin layer of sand and crushed stone.
Then crews allow traffic to work the mix into the roadway for several days and the leftover sand is swept up. Lee said 24 tons were dumped and about six tons were swept up.
Lee said the rest of the sand-stone mix was absorbed into emulsion. The end result is that this process should allow Pine Street to last for another eight years.
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