(STURGIS) - The Sturgis City Commission got an update on street paving projects Wednesday night.
Interim Sturgis City Manager Doug Terry says they are moving at a hurried pace to try and button up some of the paving projects. Thompson is who Sturgis contracted with, and it will be a close call whether or not they can meet the temperatures required to pave streets.
Commissioner Rick Bir asked why the paving always seems to happen in October and November instead of earlier in the year.
Terry says that would be ideal but there are other factors that play a part in when the paving happens. Terry says part of the problem is when you deal with private contractors, they work in other cities around Michigan and it depends on the other contracts they have. Terry says what ends up happening is if they have a huge contract in another city, they do that one first before coming to Sturgis, which is just the nature of the business. (LISTEN ABOVE).
Terry says other cities are going through the same thing as Sturgis. He says City Staff will do their best to keep the contractors on track to get their work finished.