On Tuesday night, the Clinton City Council approved over $100,000 in summer maintenance street work.

Steve Lobb is the Public Works Director for the City of Clinton and tells Regional Radio one change coming up for this year's cycle of work is an earlier start with the goal of an earlier finish.

Most of the street work again this year is going to be an oil and chip mix. Lobb indicates that has become the preferred method of road preservation because of its cost-effectiveness. He hopes the earlier start will make the preservation more effective.

Preliminary engineering has begun on the next big street project in Clinton which will be Jackson Street. We'll hear more from Lobb on that ahead of the Council's next meeting on June 18 - where the Council will take up the approval of that contract.