Price City Press Release
Many residents may have noticed some streets around Price have a new layer of small rocks covering the road surface. This is part of Price City’s road maintenance program.
“The rocks are called a ‘chip seal’ and it is the first of a two-step process to maintain the roads,” said Miles Nelson, Price City Public Works Director. “For a chip seal, a layer of oil is sprayed onto the road and loose rock chips are spread across the oil. The chips are then rolled into the oil to help make them stick. Over the next week, vehicle traffic presses the chips firmly into the oil. The leftover loose chips are then swept up, leaving a new surface on the road.”
“The second step,” Nelson continued, “is called a slurry seal that will cover the rough chips with a nice, smooth black surface. The chip seal was a very fast process but the slurry seal will take some time to cure before traffic is allowed on the streets. This usually takes about four hours.”
Crews are already starting to sweep up the loose chips from the roads from the chip seal. The next surface will begin to be placed in the next few days. Residents and businesses along those streets will receive notices reminding them to keep parked cars off the streets during construction. As always, all drivers are asked to take extra precautions when driving in a construction zone and to give themselves extra time to travel.
Please contact the Price City Public Works Department with any questions about the road maintenance at (435) 637-5010.
