LA GRANGE, N.C. (WITN) – Several roads in La Grange are getting repaved after years of waiting.<\/p>\n
NCDOT has begun repaving 10 of the roads in La Grange as part of a plan that has been in the works for years.<\/p>\n
Residents said many roads are difficult to drive on because of their current condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are potholes, ruts, and seams in the road. It\u2019s just horrible,\u201d La Grange resident Rosemarie Cheney said.<\/p>\n
The town also plans to repave several streets La Grange is in charge of maintaining over the next year.<\/p>\n
La Grange Town Manager Shawn Condon said the work is needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous need. It\u2019s been decades since there\u2019s been substantial paving and maintenance,\u201d Condon said.<\/p>\n
The NCDOT work is expected to be finished in August or September. Condon said town-maintained roads should be completed by this time next year based on a rough timeline.<\/p>\n
Condon said La Grange is waiting until it adopts its budget next month to begin work on the town-maintained roads.<\/p>\n
He said the upcoming construction is the most significant road work in at least 20 years in La Grange.<\/p>\n
The work by NCDOT in La Grange will cost $3.49 million. The town-funded paving is estimated to cost around $2 million.<\/p>\n
The roads NCDOT will be working on are:<\/p>\n
NC 903, New Hope Road, Firetower Road, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Fields Station Road, East & West Railroad Street, North Forbes Street, Herring Rd\/Ed Herring Rd, North Charles Street, and Washington Street.<\/p>\n
Condon said the NCDOT project was originally supposed to happen years ago, but the town and DOT agreed to wait until La Grange finished a major infrastructure repair project. That led to the current completion timeline. <\/p>\n
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