Potholes Be Gone: Paving has begun on Kelly Street

The 0.77 mile stretch of Kelly Street from Calhoun Avenue to Benning Drive is well on its way to improvement as construction on the road began last Monday.

Its been a little over a week and theyve made pretty good progress, said City Engineer David Campbell, who added that the H&T Contractors, LLC crew is right on target to finish the project by April.

It will take 150 days and be finished around April first, right in time for spring break, said City Manager Greg Kisela.

The construction marks phase two of the $916,229.90 Kelly Street improvement plan. The first phase, which covered repaving from Main Street to Benning Drive, was completed in 2012.

This has been in the five year plan for the past eight years, Kisela said of phase two. This road has needed work for a long time.

Campbell detailed that the improvement process will include new sidewalks, driveways, bike lanes, storm drains and road re-paving.

The bike lanes will go from Sibert to Benning and the five-way intersection of Stahlman is going to be torn out completely and reconstructed, said Campbell.

We are adding an eight-foot wide multipurpose pathway on the south side of Kelly all the way to the elementary school, and we are trying to preserve as much of the tree canopy as possible, added Kisela.

All told, the improvement project is expected to use 1,500 tons of new asphalt and 1,000 cubic yards of concrete. If you crunch the numbers, the amount of asphalt brought in will equal roughly 77 dump truck loads by the final product.

The most anticipated improvement, Campbell told The Log, is the curved five-way intersection of Kelly Street, as the roadway there has been eroded to the point of unearthed gravel and clay.

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Potholes Be Gone: Paving has begun on Kelly Street