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Dean Dellaquila.
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BRIDGETON GETS A NEW TOOL IN ONGOING SEASONAL BATTLES
AGAINST POTHOLES
If there is one thing that plagues streets throughout a
community, it is the presence of potholes. With the approach of winter, the
problem of potholes takes on greater urgency as road salt and thawing and
freezing deteriorate road surfaces and cause potholes that can destroy the best
of suspensions.
But the City of Bridgeton’s Public Works Department has a
new tool in the ongoing war with potholes known as the Falcon Asphalt Hot Box
which lets workers generate the right mix of material to fill and seal potholes
wherever they’re found. Delivered on November 27th, workers will be
moving systematically throughout the neighborhoods to fill potholes.
“This is an important piece of equipment that’s lets us
fill potholes and make our streets safer and easier to drive for our residents
and visitors. The winter season is rough on roads, but having the Falcon Hot
Box helps us to try and stay ahead of the problem” said Bridgeton Public Works
Director Dean Dellaquila.
Of course potholes are not the only thing workers will be
doing this time of year. In addition to potholes, Bridgeton’s Public Works crews
attack the piles of leaves that build up throughout the community including the
piles raked to curb lines by residents clearing yard areas city-wide.
“With the start of fall, we know it is leaf season and we
have crews moving throughout the city with leaf machines clearing curb lines
and streets until the trees are bare” Dellaquila said.
The focus is always on the street whether it’s ensuring
the safety of drivers by filling potholes, clearing leaves that can make
driving treacherous or removing leaves clogging sewer drains. From a Public
Works perspective, everything ends up in the streets.
If there is one message Bridgeton’s Public Works
Department wants to share with the residents, it is that they will get to each
and every neighborhood but it may take a little time and if the pace is a
little slower than hoped for, it likely has to do with the weather- but they
will get to every neighborhood.
“Prolonged periods of rain and snow events mean that work
crews have to switch gears and deal with the situation at hand. But we will get
to every neighborhood and street, it just may take a little longer than we
hope, but we will get to you” said Dellaquila.
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