Snow-moving equipment took gouges out of curbs built last year on Old Haines Highway and Front St.

State transportation officials say there’s no way to prevent continued gouging of curbs as seen downtown last year, and more recently near the waterfront.

Spring’s thaw revealed that snow-moving equipment chewed chunks out of $3.9 million in road improvements in sections of Front Street, Beach Road and Old Haines Highway, including curbs less than one year old.

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