Major Street Improvements Slated for September

image: Fifth Street N, looking North from the intersection with Seventh Ave N - courtesy of the The Commercial Dispatch

COLUMBUS, MS – Courtesy of the Dispatch and Zack Plair

Fifth Street N, looking North from the intersection with Seventh Ave N – courtesy of the Commercial Dispatch

The Columbus City Council recently approved Burns Dirt Construction’s low bid of roughly $1.5 million for roadwork improvements between Fifth Avenue N and Ninth Avenue N – from the Magnolia Bowl to the road just south of the Highway 82 interchange.

The plan is to add proper sidewalks, bike lanes, landscaping, and islands along the corridor, as well as pedestrian crossings. Assuming all goes according to plan, work will begin in September, per Neel-Schaffer, Inc. engineer Zach Foster, Lowndes County’s contracted engineer.

The council also approved paying Neel-Schaffer $17,699.17 to obtain an additional 22 easements for the city’s local ARP-funded drainage improvement projects.

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