sales tax election. So it offers me an opportunity to use this forum to highlight some of our progress so far. Highlights include a variety of road, drainage and capital improvement projects in all of our wards. Ward 1: Over the next several months, Louisiana Street from Markham to Roosevelt Road will be re-surfaced. Wright Avenue from Martin Luther King to Chester Street will be re-surfaced and, we have already completed the major street improvements and the extension of 9th Street from I-30 to Bond Street. I know Director Erma Hendrix is becoming more and more accustomed to the bike lanes on the newly re-surfaced South Main Street. She has promised to ride a tandem bicycle with me. I, along with the entire downtown community, can hardly wait for this experience. Ward 2: Director Richardson and myself are really looking forward to cutting the ribbon on our new 12th Street station this summer. This represents a $12 million public investment in mid-town south of I-630 giving this area new opportunities for re-investment of both capital dollars and human capital all part – of the 12th Street Corridor Plan. The city will also be spending nearly $1 million on street reconstruction and drainage for the Woodson Road Project in Ward 2. Ward 3: In Ward 3 Stacy Hurst has recognized the vast improvements roundabouts make in traffic coordination and safety. A roundabout and street
sales tax election. So it offers me an opportunity to use this forum to highlight some of our progress so far. Highlights include a variety of road, drainage and capital improvement projects in all of our wards. Ward 1: Over the next several months, Louisiana Street from Markham to Roosevelt Road will be re-surfaced. Wright Avenue from Martin Luther King to Chester Street will be re-surfaced and, we have already completed the major street improvements and the extension of 9th Street from I-30 to Bond Street. I know Director Erma Hendrix is becoming more and more accustomed to the bike lanes on the newly re-surfaced South Main Street. She has promised to ride a tandem bicycle with me. I, along with the entire downtown community, can hardly wait for this experience. Ward 2: Director Richardson and myself are really looking forward to cutting the ribbon on our new 12th Street station this summer. This represents a $12 million public investment in mid-town south of I-630 giving this area new opportunities for re-investment of both capital dollars and human capital – all part of the 12th Street Corridor Plan. The city will also be spending nearly $1 million on street reconstruction and drainage for the Woodson Road Project in Ward 2. Ward 3: In Ward 3 Stacy Hurst has recognized the vast improvements roundabouts make in traffic coordination and safety. A roundabout and street
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