Western Milling grinds up asphalt Thursday on Ninth Street between Main Avenue and East Second Avenue before a new layer goes down. The project is one of several paid for by a half-cent sales tax passed in 2019. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Asphalt is seen crumbling on Ninth Street between Main Avenue and East Second Avenue on Thursday. A project to lay new asphalt on the street is being paid for through a half-cent sales tax passed in 2019. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)