SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield public works department is currently replacing utility service lines on Flight Avenue, Joan Lane, Lake Charles Boulevard and Delisa Avenue in preparation for street repaving.
“We’re replacing them from main to meter,” City Clerk Lee Penton said.
In total 140 service lines will replaced to ensure that lines won’t burst under new roads. Penton said the road work is overdue in the southeast Springfield neighborhood, with the last repaving occurring about 15 years prior.
The repaving will cost the city about $150,000. The city is saving money in contracting cost by having public works perform the road construction duties.
“We’ll definitely save money that way,” Penton said.
Road work was a repeated public request during budget talks this past summer.