Road work to last another month
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Earl Hoey smooths mix into the road on Orange Avenue Thursday as Empower Construction from Frostproof mills and resurfaces roads in Bartow. The projects will last another two weeks to a month, the company said.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Nate Wooden gives directions from the driver's seat as Mike Tanskey (on the truck) watches mix comes out and John Phillips mixes it into the ground on Orange Avenue Thursday.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Johnny Pearson works with the mix that was dumped into the truck Thursday while Empower employees worked on the road on Orange Avenue Thursday. Behind him Mike Tanksey watches the mix go onto the road as John Phillips smooths it.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Johnny Pearson, left, and Mike Tanskey, right, work on the truck while John Phillips smooths the pavement on Orange Avenue Thursday as part of the city road resurfacing project.
At the beginning of August, city officials were told it was going to take about two weeks to resurface parts of 63 roads in Bartow.
It’s been about that time since Empower Construction from Frostproof started the work and some of the roads have not even been started. What is complete, though, are two roads that were of the highest priority. Those roads are the part of Broadway that runs next to Bartow High School and the part of Clower that runs in front of Bartow Middle School. At this point, some roads in the south part of town have been torn up and are partially paved, but most of the other roads remain undone.
