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KIRKSVILLE, MO --
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In Kirksville, pothole patching and immediate repairs are largely done on a complaint basis.

    
Small concrete repairs are scheduled as they are needed.

    
Larger repairs like overlays and surface treatments are done based on a pavement management program where the streets are inspected once every three years.

Those results are put into a computer program that looks at the condition of the street, the amount of traffic, and the last time it was repaired.

“From that we work with the airport and transportation commission, the city council, the police department on what they've seen, the street superintendent based on what he's seen, and refine that down and try to identify the streets that need the most urgent repairs that we can do within the money we have available,” said John Buckwalter, Director of Public Works.

Buckwalter says there's a $5 million backlog on asphalt streets for the city of Kirksville.

There’s less than $1 million dollar per year in the budget to distribute between them.