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In the effort to establish which city streets would be resurfaced by the city this summer using Powell Bill funds, some streets were added, and some streets were taken away.
A list of streets may be viewed here. The first list contains all streets that will be resurfaced and the total cost. The second list contains the streets that were added by the Henderson City Council and the cost of the streets that were added, which is included in the total cost. The third list contains streets that were removed from the list by the council and the amount of money those streets would have cost to repave had work proceeded.
During a Public Works Committee meeting yesterday, committee member Elissa Yount asked how much money was in reserve for the project. City Manager Jerry Moss responded that up to $275,000 could be spent on the project.
Moss went on to explain that the city gets about $500,000 in Powell Bill money each year. Some of the money is used to normal maintenance and street workers’ salaries, so it cannot all be used to pave streets.
“We try to keep a little back in reserve,” Moss explained.
Yount clarified, stating that if the city should see a need to add streets, it could do so. Moss agreed, stating that $4,000 or $5,000 could be added to the project.
The council members who were present in addition to Yount, namely Ranger Wilkerson, Mary Emma Evans, Lonnie Davis, Bobby Gupton, and Lynn Harper, heard a breakdown of the number of streets being serviced by city ward.
In Wards 1 and 2, six streets will be repaved. In Wards 3 and 4, three streets will be repaved.
In dollar amounts, $72,761.68 will be spent in Ward 1; $71,585.98 in Ward 2; $74,542.52 in Ward 3; and $44,031.32 in Ward 4. There are milling costs in Wards 1 and 3 that are not present in Wards 2 and 4.
Wilkerson commented that the committee should try to look at the worst streets.
“Let’s go after the streets,” Wilkerson said.
City Engineer Frank Frazier said that his department tries to look at the worst streets.
There was discussion of the narrow streets in the neighborhood of Eaton-Johnson Middle School, especially Daniel Street. Committee member Mary Emma Evans said that a school bus and a truck could not pass on the road.
Frazier was told to examine the area for a possible widening project at the corner.
On Radio Lane, the committee discussed spraying the road for a grass infestation. Moss informed members that there was potential to “catch a lot of flack” for spraying grass killer and it subsequently going into the storm sewer.
Although Yount contended that Oxford has an environmentally friendly spray, Moss maintained that no herbicide is environmentally friendly.
Frazier commented that spraying is a very temporary fix, as water still gets into the cracks in the road.
The committee also discussed the removal or retiming of city traffic signals, especially on Chestnut Street.