During Monday’s City Council work session, the Public Works Committee public works committee addressed the update the city has been given in regards to emergency repairs to be made on Second Street, starting next month. P-J file photo

There won’t be a subcontractor handling emergency repairs on East Second Street.

Instead, city officials said on Monday, the work will be split between city and state Transportation Department crews, with the state paying for material costs. City officials said in a news release on Friday that the emergency project would begin June 9. A few more details were discussed during Monday’s council meeting.

“They’re going to mill and pave quite a bit of it, driving lanes only,” said Randy Daversa, R-At Large and council Public Works Committee chairman. “And there will be some spots in the eastbound lanes that will not be totally done, but the westbound lanes will be.”

The city confirmed earlier this week that interim surface repairs will begin on the road around June 9. The overall project as of right now will involve milling and paving of the westbound travel lane, along with targeted sections of the eastbound lane. The improvements are intended to enhance drivability and support overall roadway conditions, until the bigger project can begin later this year.

As for who is going to do it, Daversa said the city will do the paving and cleaning up of the millings and the state Department of Transportation will be working in conjunction with the city, purchasing blacktop and the tack coat.

“They don’t expect to do a detour but anyone traveling down that road will have to endure that work being done for a little while anyway,” Daversa said. “But, it’ll go pretty fast and it’s going to be a lot of relief to many people.”

Daversa acknowledged that the Mayor’s office along with others have been working hard to get this done, as this pavement project was not originally expected to get started until the summer of 2026. Daversa said most of the city representatives thought the road would not make it to that point.

Preliminary work on a reconstruction of Route 394 is also scheduled to begin this year. The bigger project will involve repaving nearly three miles of road in the City of Jamestown, including East 4th Street from Prendergast Avenue to East Second Street and East Second Street from East Fourth Street to Tiffany Avenue. The project will also include traffic signal upgrades, drainage and signage improvements, and pedestrian enhancements such as new sidewalks, ramps, and crosswalks.

More details on this work are expected to come later on as the project gets underway.