KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette The brick First Street near the intersection with Campbell Street is being eyed for repair.

A rough patch of brick on First Street is being eyed for repair by the City of Williamsport administration.

The stretch of brick street between Walnut and Campbell streets is in disrepair, said Bill Scott, city engineer.

He was responding to a recent question from Council President Adam Yoder.

Yoder asked Scott to remind him about the status of First Street as the city council reviewed which streets were on the 2025 repave and repair list.

The project is more than likely to be on the 2026 list, Scott said.

It was eyed because a business approached city officials due to having a logistical challenge with its trucks and shipping because of the troublesome condition of the brick.

A water line was put in and because of a city ordinance the excavation required restoration of the bricks, Scott noted.

The city brick street ordinance preserves and protects these historic locations.

“It will be up to the council to change what streets are brick and those that are paved,” Scott said.

“We can’t pave it now,” he said. “It’s got to be put back to brick.”

When a street with brick paving is excavated the restoration must be brick, the ordinance states.

Moreover, the specific brick must be approved by either a city engineer (manager) and be restored within a year.

If the city wants to change it to pavement it is looking at a 2026 cycle, he said.

That is an “if” as there are residents who enjoy living along the brick section of First Street.

Scott said he met with the Williamsport Municipal Water Authority about a particular bad area at the intersection with Campbell Street.

“It’s rough,” he said.

The gas company also will need to be included in the discussion, he added.

“We are going to see if there can be some cost-sharing,” he said.

Not only is the area between Walnut and Campbell have residents on one side, there are industries on the other side and the street has become more heavily used as the nearby Chick-fil-A and other developments of Maynard Commons and the Maynard Street corridor cause more pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic.