Summertime is repaving time for Concord streets

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  • A Continental Paving truck sprays water along South State Street on the packed down reclaimed pavement on Thursday, July 7, 2022. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

  • The northbound lan of South State Street was closed from South Main Street all the way up to Pleasant Street in Concord as Continental Paving worked on the street on Thursday, July 7, 2022. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

  • A single drum roller packs down the reclaimed gravel along South Street in preparation for putting down fresh pavement on Thursday, July 7, 2022. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

  • A Continental Paving truck sprays water along South State Street on the packed down reclaimed pavement on Thursday.

  • A single drum roller packs down the reclaimed gravel along South Street in preparation for putting down fresh pavement on Thursday. GEOFF FORESTER photos / Monitor staff

  • South State Street has been reclaimed and fine-graded from South Main Street to Pleasant Street. Base pavement will be placed Monday and Tuesday. Catch basins will be raised the following week in anticipation of re-setting curb and sidewalk re-construction. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

  • Catch basins and covers line South State Street as Continental Paving is working to re-pave the roads in the South End. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

  • The northbound lan of South State Street was closed from South Main Street all the way up to Pleasant Street in Concord as Continental Paving worked on the street on Thursday, July 7, 2022. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Monitor staff
Published: 7/7/2022 6:39:25 PM

Concord has budgeted $2.38 million for street paving this year and people driving downtown can see that money being put to use on a daily basis as crews grind up old asphalt and lay down new blacktop.

Mid-summer is peak paving season and Concord is no exception.

Most of the work done so far is known as reclamation, in which the existing asphalt is ground up by a machine, mixed with new material, and then pressed down into a three-inch-deep layer on the road.

A more extensive process is called cold plane and overlay. It also removes the existing surface and uses it to partly make a new surface, and is scheduled to take place on some streets which are in worse shape.

According to the Neighborhood Street Paving section of the city website (https://www.concordnh.gov/1387/Neighborhood-Street-Paving), modern paving is done on a 30-year cycle for most roads, following a pattern of reclamation, crack-filling, shim overlay and cold plane and overlay.

For residents wondering if their street is next, or for drivers looking to avoid construction zones, the city publishes a weekly update of where work is happening and what’s on the horizon. 

Work has started and covers were lowered on the following streets in preparation for cold planing next week:

■Centre Street (from N. Main St. to Union St.)

■Capitol Street (from N. Main St. to N. State St.)

■Green Street (from School St. to Pleasant St. and Centre St. to Prince St.)

■North State Street (from School St. to Pleasant St. and Court St. to Capitol St .)

■Park Street (from Main St. to Green St.)

■Pleasant Street (from Main St. to Spring St.)

■School Street (from N. Main St. to N. State St. and Green St.  to N. Spring St.)

■Warren Street (from N. Main St. to N. Spring St.).

More information is available at concordnh.gov/pavingplan.


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