Brookhaven to pave Camille Drive, Sept. 4-8

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Brookhaven, GA, Aug. 31, 2018 – The City of Brookhaven plans to pave Camille Drive next week, wrapping up a monumental year of paving.

Utilizing recently-approved Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) proceeds, the City recently wrapped up an aggressive 2018 paving schedule with the completion of Brooklawn Court. 

The paving frenzy got its start in 2017. In November, the Brookhaven City Council approved jump-starting Phase 1 of the 2018 paving in order to lock in the previous year’s pricing schedule.  By March, 17 streets were completed.  Phase 2 began in April with 22 more roads getting fresh asphalt. The last on the list was Brooklawn Court, which was finished on Aug. 7.

Altogether in 2018, 39 streets totaling 13.19 lane-miles have been paved, but not all of them came from the 2018 paving list.

“We have a 5-year paving program approved by the City Council in Fall of 2016 based upon the Pavement Condition Index, which helps us prioritize projects with available funding,” said Public Works Director Hari Karikaran.  “We started paving roads on the 2018 list in 2017.  This year, we have completed everything on the 2018 list, and all but three roads on the 2019 list.”

With cost savings achieved in 2018, Brookhaven will now complete Camille Drive, one of the roads slated to be paved in 2020.

The Camille Drive paving will take place Tuesday-Saturday, Sept. 4-8, from approximately 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Motorists should avoid parking on the street during that time, and should expect temporary lane closures.

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