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Filling the cracks

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Luverne’s Main Street was under a dusty haze last week while city public works crews completed crack sealing on the street downtown. This photo was taken Tuesday morning on Main Street facing east. Crack sealing is a cost-effective maintenance tool that helps prevent damage from water and the effects of the freeze and thaw cycles. Flexible, watertight material is placed in joints and pavement cracks to keep water, sand and dirt from filling the cracks.

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