City street projects looking to wrap up by the end of 2026

The city of Dublin is hoping to have two of its road improvement projects completed by the end of this year.

Total Earth Services (TES) is currently working on road improvement projects on West Mary Street and West Moore Street. Matthew Bradshaw, director of engineering, said crews are redoing the road while adding a curb, gutter, storm drains and sidewalks on West Mary Street. For West Moore Street, TES is replacing the storm drain crossing under Moore Street.

“These are two projects that are so close together,” Bradshaw said. “The water comes from West Mary and runs through a ditch down to West Moore. When it gets to West Moore, it gets in our pipe underneath and we have it piped over to West Roosevelt Street.” 

For the West Mary Project, the city received a Community Development Block Grant worth $940,000. Before the latest improvements on West Mary Street, there was a paved road with a ditch on each side and no sidewalk.

“Due to some drainage problems there, and some flooding near some houses, we were able to get awarded the grant,” Bradshaw said. “And that is what funded the project.” 

The finished work will be a big improvement, especially with the sidewalk.

“We had seen a lot of people walking in the street,” Bradshaw said. “We had a lot of pedestrian traffic over there. We wanted to add the sidewalk to give people a safe place to walk.”

The sidewalk will go from North Jefferson Street to the Dublin Housing Authority. This project began in May and should be completed by the end of the year, Bradshaw said. Officials hope to start paving on both projects soon.

On West Moore Street, the storm drain has been replaced.

“There was a storm drain under the street that had been there for a long time,” Bradshaw said. “It had failed. A lot of different pipes had been patched over the years and the road was having some problems. We dug all of that completely out and put in a new 36 inch pipe. The drainage part will be a huge improvement. What the curb and gutter does is keeps all the water that falls on the road out of their yards.”