Street projects on the docket

Published 3:23 pm Monday, February 14, 2011

Several streets in Austin may be receiving improvements in the next year — mostly paid for by the taxpayer’s dollar.

The City of Austin will be holding a series of public meetings to glean input from citizens on the projects and inform people of the costs related to them, with the first meeting being held Tuesday evening. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Austin Public Library.

Some of the street construction will include new asphalt, wider streets and sidewalks and new curbs and gutters, while some is set to include repairs to the sanitary sewer system and the installation of new drainage tile.

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The street projects will affect the following areas:

— 14th Avenue Northeast from Fourth Street to Eighth Street. Total cost: $700,000 paid for by a Federal Highway Grant and Municipal State Aid.

—North Main Street from Oakland Avenue to Second Avenue and from Fourth Avenue to First Drive. Total cost: $475,000 paid for by Municipal State Aid.

— Seventh Street Southwest from First Avenue to Fourth Avenue. Total cost: $225,000 paid for by assessment bonds.

— 10th Avenue Southwest from Fourth Street to 12th Street. Total cost: $475,000 paid for by assessment bonds.

— Seventh Avenue Southeast from Fourth Street to Ninth Street, Sixth Street Southeast from Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street Southeast from Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue. Total cost: $575,000 paid for by assessment bonds, waste water treatment plant fund and storm water utility fund.

— 13th Avenue Southeast from Fourth Street to Fifth Street, Fifth Street Southeast from 13th Avenue to 15th Avenue and 15th Avenue Southeast from Fifth Street to Sixth Street. Total cost: $275,000 paid for by assessment bonds, waste water treatment plant fund and storm water utility fund.

— 14th Avenue Southeast from Eighth Street to the railroad. Total cost: $50,000 paid for by assessment bonds.