SEQUIM — The grinding of the green is slated for Monday. Sequim’s shamrock-hued crosswalks, the subject of widespread consternation, are scheduled for removal from Washington Street and Sequim Avenue beginning that night.
“We’re hoping it will only take two, three days,” said Bob Dutrow, general superintendent of Lakeside Industries, the Port Angeles contractor that coated the crosswalks two summers ago.
Lakeside crews plan to do their work at night — between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., weather permitting.
“We’re going to grind what’s there, and pave it [over],” with asphalt, Dutrow said.
“Then the printers will come in.”
The final step will be application of StreetPrint, which looks like herringbone-patterned, muted-red brick but is actually just colored asphalt.
StreetPrint is already found in Sequim’s roundabouts, and has held up better than the green surfacing called Tyregrip.
Its hue faded within 30 days of installation, much to the chagrin of James Bay, the Sequim Public Works director who once hoped green walkways would help enliven the downtown.
