Three streets in the Village are slated for a major overhaul this summer, but town officials reassured residents that the historic pink granite curbs are here to stay.

Highway Surveyor Barry Denham, Town Administrator Mike Gagne and Field Engineering Co. Project Manager Jon Connell described the project and answered residents’ questions at an information session on Thursday night.

On tap are Pearl, Barstow and Cannon streets, which will be paved, the sidewalks repaired and underground utilities replaced. The approximate cost of the project is $1,045,400 and will be paid for through a combination of funds from the state, town and a debt exclusion. The latter would use expiring debt from other town projects so that taxpayers will not pay extra for the project, though it will require approval through a Town Meeting vote and town election vote.

Connell said the construction team will disrupt as little private property as possible, but that’s not to say there won’t be an impact on the Village since it will take summer and into the fall to complete.

“There’s no way to bake a cake without making a mess in the kitchen,” said Denham.

The old pavement will be removed on the streets and the water mains will be replaced. Catch basins and drainage will be added where needed to reduce the amount of contaminates that flow into the harbor. The sidewalks will be revamped to repair them and to make them handicap accessible. During the construction, some areas will be hard to get to, including the library.

“We’re going to have to try to work together,” said Denham.

Several residents questioned whether or not the pink granite on many curbs will be preserved. Denham said everything that could be reused will be, though the granite is fragile and has splintered in some places.

“I’d love to see the whole center of town done with it, but we don’t have enough pink granite in stock,” Denham said.

He said the end goal is to line all of Water Street with the pink granite when that road is done in the future, and to have a stretch of the sidewalk on each road leading to Water Street edged with it.

After the roads are repaved and the sidewalks redone, they will be approximately 6 inches high. For Nancy Griswold of Pearl Street, that means less room for pulling out of her driveway on the already tight road. Griswold asked if parking could be prohibited across the street from her driveway.

Denham acknowledged the issue and said he and his crew also have a hard time plowing the narrow roads in the winter.

“It’s a discussion I would like to have with the Board of Selectmen before the completion of this project,” he said.

Going forward, the town will prepare to send the project out to bid. The town administrator said the project is likely to begin in June, once monies are freed up from the state budget and the town meeting and election votes.