Remember that cartoon character that the City rolled out a few weeks back as the symbol of progress on road pavin' and pothole fixin'?

It's got a name now: "The Pavenator," courtesy of De'Mar Glasper, a fifth-grader at Burton IB Elementary here in the Bull City.

Not a bad nickname, kid, though the joke possibilities remain endless. Road not fixed quick enough? It's because the Pavenator said, "Ahhl be baaack." Also, do note that Pavenator rhymes nicely with procrastinator.

Joking aside, the naming contest's end coincides with the launch of Durham's new road paving web site, DurhamOperationGreenLight.org.