City continues work on potholes

After a few weeks, the city of Breckenridge has filled in hundreds of potholes around town. But despite the work finished, City Manager Andy McCuistion said there is still work to be done.

McCuistion said he and the city are still behind in where they want to be. He said at the moment there are still things being waited on.

“I’d like to accelerate [the process] if I could,” McCuistion said. “I’m looking forward to when Raydon [Construction] can come aboard. We’ve not heard a word yet on when they’ll be able to do that.”

McCuistion also said the city has not deviated from its original plan. He is wanting to get the roads around the hospital fixed, which he said will also help with those needing to get to the cemetery, specifically the mortuaries.

Other areas, however, have still been getting filled in. Mc-Cuistion said the potholes around Breckenridge High School are almost completed and he expects that work to be done in two weeks. He added they are currently pouring concrete on Lindsey Street from Miller Street to Rose Avenue. Then they will move to Parks Street.

Some of the work that has been done, according to work orders from the city, include work on Hullum Street, where the city filled all potholes from the 700 to the 600 block. They also filled 96 potholes on Panther Street, but did not finish the road as of Jan. 29. They also filled in 100 potholes with asphalt on Oakwood, 110 potholes on Pecan Street, 80 potholes on North Rose, 15 repaired on 7th Street, 40 repaired on Lindsey and all potholes on South Harvey. Work orders also show 98 potholes were filed in on South Post Oak, 80 potholes on Jackson Road, 50 on Geneva Street and six on Flint Avenue.

Some rain in the past couple weeks has slowed down the process, but McCuistion said nothing extraordinary has happened to put them behind. Despite being behind, he said he is real pleased that the city has been able to get concrete poured every week.

He said the biggest holdups include AT&T’s work on moving their telephone lines so they’re not in the way of the work. They also found out Thursday morning that a gas line on one of the streets was put in too shallow and needs to be deeper in order to properly repair the road.

“Overall I feel like they’re still moving forward and I feel good about that,” McCuistion said. “We’re trying to get to them as fast as we can.”