The drainage nightmare on Third Street is closer to being over following action taken by the Clarendon City Council during its regular meeting last Thursday, March 24.
Aldermen approved a $132,405 bid to address drainage problems on the street between Bugbee Avenue on the west and Broncho Stadium on the east.
A previous paving project installed a rollover (or flat) curb on the sides of the street in that area, but rainfall on multiple occasions resulted in dirt washing out behind the curb, leaving deep trenches along the outside of the roadway.
The project approved last week will install a 10-foot wide strip of hot mix asphalt behind the rollover curb. Additionally, concrete improvements will be installed where a drainage channel empties from the Clarendon ISD practice field onto Third Street. The improvements will be designed to slow down water rushing onto the street.
The bid from MH Civil Constructors was the only bid received before the deadline and was more than $15,000 over the budget for the project. A start date for the project has not be set.
In other city business, the council approved a recommendation of the water recreation steering committee to conduct further structural testing on the former Elizabeth Stevens School Building (the old Texas Saddlery building) at a cost of $35,000. Funds for that testing are being donated privately. Alderman Sandy Skelton said the committee will be meeting this week to further discuss site selection for the water recreation project.
Aldermen also approved appointing Sharon Braddock as the clerk of the municipal court, and Jim Braddock was introduced to the council as the city’s new Code Enforcement & Animal Control Official.
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