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Ledger, The (Lakeland, FL)
December 4, 2004
STREETS PROJECT WILL COMMENCE; THE PROJECT, FUNDED THROUGH
AUBURNDALE'S CRA, WILL COST $198,400; MILLING AND RESURFACING
PLANNED
Author: MERISSA GREEN
AUBURNDALE -- Several roads in the city are about to get a face lift. The Community
Redevelopment Agency will begin its street milling and resurfacing project Sunday and will
continue through Friday.
Andy Stewart, the assistant to the city manager, said the project will do more than make the
roads look better. "It will improve drainage and provide a smoother driving surface," he said.
The $198,400 project is being funded through the CRA. Throughout the years, the city's general
fund only covered street resurfacing, Stewart said. With funding from the CRA, city officials
will be able to resurface and mill the streets, he said.
Milling is removing the existing pavement before putting down a new layer of asphalt.
This is the first of three milling and resurfacing projects in the CRA's capital improvement plan.
The streets are:
East Park Street (from Main Street to Bobby Green Plaza).
West Park Street (from Main Street to Pilaklakaha Avenue).
East Lake Avenue (from Main Street to Bridgers Avenue).
Howard Street (from Main Street to Orange Street).
Bobby Green Plaza (from Main Street to Pilaklakaha Avenue).
Bennett Street (from Stadium to Bridgers Avenue).
Orange Street (from Bridgers to Bobby Green Plaza).
Polk Street (from Main Street to Bennett Street).
Stewart said contractors will work with homeowners on residential streets such as Bennett and
Orange streets so they will have access to and from their houses. In addition to milling and
resurfacing, the CRA will also widen Polk Street to provide for better parking.
"It eliminates the rear ends of cars protruding on Polk Street," Stewart said.
Milling and resurfacing the streets is one of several projects the CRA will do for the 2004-05
fiscal year to improve the look of the city. Other projects planned include creating new parking
for the downtown district, landscaping medians on Havendale Boulevard, constructing new
sidewalks and repairing existing ones.
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