Austin roads set for repairs
Several streets in Austin may be receiving improvements in the next year, some including new asphalt, wider streets and sidewalks and new curbs and gutters.
Some of the projects are set to include repairs to the sanitary sewer system and the installation of new drainage tile.
A series of public hearings for the street projects will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, so residents who could be assessed for the cost of some of the projects can voice their opinions on the plans.
Public Works Director Jon Erichson said the projects were all laid out in the city’s capital-improvement plan for 2011 and the next step is to hold public meetings.
2011 street projects
- 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 Okaland 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.