repave
verb
re·pave
(ˌ)rē-ˈpāv 
variants
or less commonly re-pave
repaved also re-paved; repaving also re-paving
: to pave (something) again
repaved the road
This project will include … fixing curbs and sidewalks, and re-paving with asphalt.—
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With the latest departure, the park will lose its modest 10% slice of the festival’s $700,000 permit, which previously had helped repave a track and solve flooding issues at a pond, Scott said.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2024
How many schools could be built, how many roads repaved, how many trees planted?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 May 2024
Although the average transportation agency confines itself to repairing potholes, repaving roads, maintaining signs, and so on, there is much more that municipal governments can do.
—Janette Sadik-Khan, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
The highway was jammed with traffic in the area in the following days as the interstate was shut down for all of Thursday and Friday as crews demolished the overpass and began removing the rubble ahead of the road needing to be repaved.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2024
How many schools could be built, how many roads repaved, how many trees planted?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 May 2024
Although the average transportation agency confines itself to repairing potholes, repaving roads, maintaining signs, and so on, there is much more that municipal governments can do.
—Janette Sadik-Khan, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
The highway was jammed with traffic in the area in the following days as the interstate was shut down for all of Thursday and Friday as crews demolished the overpass and began removing the rubble ahead of the road needing to be repaved.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
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“Repave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repave. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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