Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber issued the following press release:
Mayor
Tony T. Yarber on Tuesday, April 26, announced a ward-by-ward “Pothole Blitz,” responding
to the urgent need to address road problems across the City.
The
“Pothole Blitz” is in conjunction with an upcoming street paving project that’s
also funded by the 1 Percent Sales Tax. Streets
will be selected based on 311 Action Line calls and prioritized based on the
urgency of the repair.
“As
we move forward with the long-term Capital Improvement Plan, we want to address
the critical road issues our citizens face on a daily basis. The ‘Pothole
Blitz’ will help in this effort. We are excited to be at a point where
residents can see their tax dollars at work,” Mayor Yarber said.
Beginning
this week, Infrastructure Management will focus all resources in a single ward
each day to accomplish as many repairs as possible. The term bid for spot
repairs will advertise Thursday.
The
10-member 1 Percent Sales Tax Commission, which has oversight of the funding, recently
approved $4 million for the spot repair term bid and another $9.7 million for
Operation Orange Cone street resurfacing projects. Additionally, the
CBDG-funded Neighborhood Streets project began advertising last week. This
project covers 10 Ward 6 streets, plagued by potholes.
Construction
also began Tuesday on the Hanging Moss Road Bridge as part of the 1 Percent Tax
Program. The bridge has been closed since late 2015 due to structural damage.
The construction is expected to take up to six weeks.
16 comments:
Dear Anonymous Birthday Card Presenter on Devine Street:
Thank you for your bit of performance art that shamed the city administration into doing their actual jobs. It appears that, when it comes to this council and this mayor, shame is the real motivator. Not duty, nor pride, nor responsibility, nor love of the city, nor upholding the public trust. Without your snarky birthday card going viral on Facebook and making its way to the local news, there would be no "pothole patrol".
We thank you.
Does this pothole blitz involve asphalt or just prayer?
How'd Yarber's "blitz" in June 2014 work out?
If Northside and Ridgewood is indicative they'll fill the potholes with gravel.
I take exception to the paving of County Line Road - We're just providing a newly paved street for people to leave Jackson. When Dale Danks was Mayor of Jackson, we four laned County Line Road so Northpark Mall would benefit. It took an untold amount of dollars from Jackson and gave it to Ridgeland. Hell - gravel County Line Road and let the people in Madison County have some potholes too!
Great - a press conference to announce a blitz for something you should be doing every day. Innovative.
8:33:
Ha! you think we Madison Co. residents get near County Line?!
PS: Ridgeland will gladly deed Northpark to you now; it has that 'Jackson taint' to it...
Wyatt Emmerich has convinced me that Jackson doesn't know HOW to fix a pothole.
There would not be a need for a blitz if the mayor would have been doing their job. Throwing a little gravel in a pot hole is not really pot hole repaid. It is a show for those who do not know any better. The potholes they repair will last until the next rain, if that long.
Can Tony Yarber organize a blitz of indictments for the occupants of over 3000 residences (<<-- Yarber's own number) who were discovered stealing water?
Amen, 4:38!
4:38, the people were not all stealing water. Many of them paid for their water. The people they paid were the people who were stealing water. These people worked for the water dept, city of Jackson. Did you forget about those thieves?
4:38 I agree with you. If they are paying some crook for straight piped water, everyone involved must be arrested. It has to end.
I wonder, though, how many of those who paid the employees directly knew exactly what they(the persons receiving the hookups) were doing was wrong? Why didn't they report the problem? Afraid they might be hauled in for crime? Sorta goes back to the idea that stealing someone's electricity by hooking up to someone else's box is still stealing.
Democrats LOVE potholes! They must.
Damn right 9:51 they knew it was wrong. Even Stokes knew about the arrangements. There is corruption at every turn in DPW and not a peep out of Yarber about seeking criminal penalties.
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