Committee members discuss lighting on the Veterans Outer Loop. Gage Wilson/for Glasgow News 1
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The Glasgow Infrastructure Committee met Monday. Jim McGowan, superintendent of public works, gave updates ranging from the city’s upcoming Clean Up Week to street light installation around Veterans Outer Loop.
“Spring clean up is from March 23 through the [March 27],” McGowan said, “and Shredder Day will be March 21 at the South Central Bank operations building.”
Clean Up Week is a free, annual initiative that allows residents to place unwanted household items at the curb for collection on their regular garbage pick-up day, provided materials are set out by 7 a.m. Small items should be bagged or boxed, and debris should be kept clear of trees, utility poles and mailboxes to ensure easy access for sanitation crews.
Tree and shrub trimmings must be tied in bundles no longer than three feet, and does not include appliances — which can be taken to the landfill year-round at no charge — pesticides, auto batteries, asbestos, large tree limbs, liquids, tires, auto parts, construction materials and whole trees, according to information provided by McGowan.
Continuing with the theme of municipal hygiene, McGowan commented that litter pick-up has been an ongoing project with his department.
“This time of year, with a lot more mowing to begin, there’s a lot more litter,” he said. “I don’t know what it is but it seems like there is more and more of it.”
The committee members also heard an illuminating report from McGowan about having street lights put up at the intersection of Veterans Outer Loop and N. Jackson Hwy.
“I spoke with FRECC about the outer loop over by River Lake Church, half of it is in the county and half of it is in the city,” McGowan explained. “They gave me the price for two, so the city would need to come up with $4,500.”
He went on to explain that FRECC had already drafted designs for the project that have been sent for state approval.
A total of four lights are planned for installation with two within the city and two in the county.
“The fee on that will be $60 a month,” he said. “There’s not been a contract or anything yet, but that is the pricing they indicated to me.”
Council member Joe Trigg asked if the fee for these lights would be lumped into the city’s monthly light bill, which McGowan said it would. He further explained that the city has monthly bills through both Glasgow EPB and FRECC with this project adding to the latter.
Signage around the city also was discussed as council member Marna Kirkpatrick had received a request to have a “children at play” sign installed on Hudson Lane.
“The state does not recommend putting ‘children at play’ signs in anymore,” McGowan responded. “If you are putting that sign up, you’re giving these individuals the authority to play in the street, and it’s not the intent of the city to OK kids playing in the street.”
He went on to say that these signs can lead to a false sense of security among residents, and could potentially add to dangerous situations, as those in the street may be less observant of motorists.
The next committee meeting is scheduled for April 6 at 12 p.m.
Gage Wilson with Glasgow News 1 contributed to this reporting.
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