street repair in greenwood 07-03-08

MAYOR SHERIEL PERKINS HAS RECENTLY STARTED A PROJECT OF REPAIRING AND OVERLAYING THE STREETS IN GREENWOOD.

THE CITY OF GREENWOOD RECEIVES FEDERAL BOND FUNDS. WITH THESE BOND FUNDS THEY’VE REPAIRED PARK AVENUE. THE CITY STILL HAS SOME MONEY LEFT OVER. WITH THAT MONEY THEY PLAN TO OVERLAY STREETS, REPAIR SIDE WALKS AND MAKE RENOVATIONS TO SOME OF THE PARKS ALONG WITH THE CITY PARKING LOTS. WORKERS ARE OUT ON THE STREETS ALL DAY AND EVEN THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. CRAIG BELL TELLS ABC 6 NEWS, "RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE MAKING PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS. IT WAS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE BUT YOU KNOW WITH A LITTLE SWEAT WE'LL GET IT BACK TOGETHER." MAYOR PERKINS SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE EACH REPAIR IN PHASES. THE STREETS NEEDING REPAIR ARE GIVEN TO THE MAYOR BY EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. SHE THEN MAKES A LIST OF THE STREETS AND TRIES TO FIT EACH ONE IN HER BUDGET. THE MAYOR SAYS STREETS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO OVERLAY. SHE SAYS SHE IS TRYING TO TOUCH EVERY STREET IN A WARD. MAYOR SHERIEL PERKINS TELLS US, "I'M TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A MASTER PLAN FOR THE STREETS IN GREENWOOD. IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE AN ONGOING RENOVATION OF OUR STREETS AND NOT JUST EVERY TIME WE HAVE BOND FUND." GREENWOOD STREET DEPT. SUPERVISOR JOHNNY HOLT SAYS, "I KNOW LOT OF MAINTENANCE IS BEING DONE AND WE'RE JUST STRIPING AND STUFF BUT I JUST THIN MAYOR PERKINS IS DOING A TERRIFIC JOB. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE GREENWOOD FORWARD."