Give us a crack seal, we'll make a mosaic

I loved the mosaic made when the crack seal was done on Blueberry Lane last week. I had to go out to take some of my own photos to share here. You have heard the expression "when given lemons, you make lemonade". Franklin has now come up with its own version "give us a crack seal, we'll make a mosaic."

Thanks for the creativity!

crack seal on Blueberry Lane - 1

crack seal on Blueberry Lane - 2

crack seal on Blueberry Lane - 3

crack seal on Blueberry Lane - 4

The crack seal is one step on the road maintenance process that Franklin uses. More information on the process and total cost of maintaining our 200 miles of roads can be found here
http://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_DPW/Town_Council_Presentations/June_4_TownCouncilmeeting.pdf

Crack seal would still be needed even if the dedicated override is passed to fund our needed road repairs with additional money. The ballot question will appear in the November election.
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/06/resolution-14-45-dedicated-override-to.html

In case you are wondering what roads will be seeing construction this year, the list is a fairly extensive.

Lincoln Street	Culvert Repairs and Road Reconstruction
Daniels Street	Drainage Work and Road Reconstruction
Harborwood Drive	Water Line Replacement (Paving 2015)
Betten Court	Water Line Replacement (Paving 2015)
Corrine Road	Water Line Replacement (Paving 2015)
Anthony Road	Water Line Replacement and Drainage Improvements (Paving 2015)
Carmine Drive	Water Line Replacement and Drainage Improvements (Paving 2015)
Conlyn Avenue	Water Line Replacement and Drainage Improvements (Paving 2015)
Crocker Avenue	Water Line Replacement (Paving 2015)
Hill Avenue	Water Line Replacement (Paving 2015)
Lewis Street	Water Line Replacement (Paving 2015)
Uncas Avenue	Water Line Replacement (Paving 2015)
Summer Street (King St to Rt 140)	Waterline Replacement and Drainage Improvements (Paving in 2015)
Panther Way	Sidewalk Construction
DelCarte Recreation Area	Playground Parking Lot and Walking Path Construction
Kathleen Drive	Drainage Improvements and Road Reconstruction
Fannie Way	Drainage Improvements and Road Reconstruction
Brielle Way	Sidewalk Construction and Roadway Paving
Baron Road (Coronation Dr to Parliment Dr)	Water Line Replacement