TIM PRATT
City officials met Wednesday with Mississippi Department of Transportation representatives and learned an overlay of pothole-riddled Highway 182 won’t take place until 2013.
Additionally, if the Board of Aldermen wants curbs and sidewalks installed along a roughly 1.5-mile stretch of Highway 182 adjacent to downtown, the city would have to pay for it, said MDOT Northern District Engineer Bill Jamieson. The Department of Transportation handles overlays on state roadways, but doesn’t typically include curbs or sidewalks in the paving process.
The meeting brought Jamieson and MDOT Northern District Commissioner Bill Minor together with Mayor Parker Wiseman and aldermen Ben Carver, Sandra Sistrunk and Jeremiah Dumas. City engineer Edward Kemp, Chief Administrative Officer Lynn Spruill and Mississippi State University assistant professor of public administration Bethany Stich also were in attendance.
All were concerned about Starkville’s infrastructure and transportation opportunities, from roads and sidewalks to bicycle lanes, railroad tracks and shuttle service. The meeting was designed “to address the current condition (of the city) and the changes we see forthcoming in the future,” Wiseman said. City officials also drove Jamieson and Minor around the city to show the condition of roads and sidewalks.
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