East Lyme — The town's Public Works Department will be winding down the final grading on the streets scheduled for repaving in downtown Niantic and is hoping to be done with grading on Wednesday, according to a message from Public Works Director Joe Bragaw. Liquid calcium chloride will be applied on Tuesday and Wednesday to all of the gravel roads to keep the dust down.

Paving is planned to begin on Monday, Oct. 2.

"Once we start paving, the (2-inch) binder course should take approximately 4-5 days to complete," Bragaw wrote in his message. "At that point, the contractor will be leaving for 2 weeks so that we can put in some stormwater tree filters and adjust some structures in the middle of the road as needed. Then the pavers are scheduled to come back starting around October 23rd weather dependent to install the top (1½ inches) of asphalt. The top course should take 4-5 days as well to install. While paving, we will do our best to minimize disturbance to the residents but please expect some minor delays."

"Once we finish installing the top course of pavement we will need to wait a week or so for the asphalt to completely cure before we come back to install asphalt curbing where needed and to fix driveways and aprons as necessary," Bragaw wrote. "At that time, we will also be going around the neighborhood spreading loam and applying grass seed to finish off the project."

Residents with questions or who would like to discuss a specific issue in front of their house can call the department at (860) 691-4118.