“If Langley ever wants all-new, rebuilt streets, it may have to win the lottery.But until the day he puts together those eight or 10 winning numbers, Rick Hill will use state and federal grant programs to keep the streets in one piece. Hill, public works director, said this week that Langley has a very, very good chance of snagging a $50,000 pavement preservation program through the state’s Department of Transportation.It is not a lot of money, Hill told the Langley City Council at its meeting July 5, but it will smooth about three-quarters of a mile of bumpy streets until the city scrapes together enough cash to rebuild them. But it will buy a couple years on these roads, Hill said.Set for a 1-inch asphalt overlay if the city gets the grant is a portion of Third Street between the city limits and Park Street, a section of Saratoga Road from DeBruyn Avenue to Brackenwood Lane, a portion of Cascade Avenue between Second and Fourth streets, and two short strips of pavement in Northview.To qualify for the grant money, the roads in need of repair had to score between 50 and 89 on a 100-point pavement condition rating scale. Several miles of city roads made that grade, far more than could be paved for the size of the offered grant. Hill said he chose to pave sections of road that were most in need, sections that handle a heavy traffic load.To find streets that met the conditions for the grant, Hill rated every city street. Several main arterials ranked well below 50 on the PCR scale, including Sixth Street, Anthes Avenue, Edgecliff Drive and Decker Avenue. Anthes received the lowest rating at 35.Hill said he expects to hear within three weeks whether or not the city will receive the DOT grant.”