Street project underway

WORLAND — The large Worland street project in the southwest portion of the city began Tuesday on Third Street.

Worland Public Works Superintendent Brian Burky said this year’s street project will be in the southwest part of the city from Howell to Washakie Avenue, but it does not include Washakie Avenue. Running east to west it runs from the Lower Hanover Canal to Railway Avenue but it does not include Railway.

The project includes rehabilitation of the paved streets, sealing all the cracks and applying mastic. Mastic is a thicker product than crack seal with about three-eighths inch chips. He said it holds longer and the mastic is put on the edges of the road.

“We’ll be doing this in several phases,” Burky said of the three-week project. The first phase will be the mastic, then will come the crack seal, followed by the road sealer that is sprayed over the entire road.

“All of these products will extend the life of the roads. Some roads (in the city) are broken down too far that this process won’t work,” Burky said.

Fliers will handed out to residents a few days before the project moves to their neighborhood. He said vehicles will need to be moved off the street and out of driveways before the project begins. He said if a vehicle is left in a driveway the person may be unable to get it out if the project has already begun on that block.