Several repaving projects in downtown and throughout the city are expected to begin in early October.

In June, City Council approved a more than $900,000 contract with Cutler Repaving Inc. to repave several streets throughout downtown and on Williams Drive.

Georgetown Transportation Services Manager Mark Miller said the company uses a process that removes about three-quarters of an inch of asphalt, grinds it up and mixes it with new materials before reapplying it to the road surface.

"It's a fairly painless process," Miller said. "We should have everything knocked out in a couple of weeks."

The machine that does the work is approximately 90 feet long, which poses challenges in some of the downtown area including in parking areas, he said. In those parking areas a separate process will be done, he said.

Miller said he doesn't anticipate the projects to have an impact on businesses in the area; however, some parking areas could be blocked during the process.

The process will also be used to repave an approximately 1-mile section of Williams Drive from River Bend Drive to the southbound frontage road of I-35.

In early September the city began a chip seal street maintenance project on Austin Avenue from the south fork of the San Gabriel River to Leander Road. The project will put a new seal on the roadway, Miller said.