Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Downtown roads get routine maintenance

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD - The ride through downtown Ironwood should be a bit smoother now after two blocks got a new layer of asphalt Wednesday.

The resurfacing of one block of East Aurora Street and one block of South Suffolk Street is part of the city's routine street maintenance, according to Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson.

"They mill off the existing asphalt - about two inches - and then they put down a new asphalt surface," Erickson said.

The block of Aurora Street is between Suffolk Street and South Norfolk Street. The block of Suffolk Street is b...