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Century Seeks To Repave Every Street
February 2, 2010
The Town of Century has decided to look for a way to pave all of the town’s 6.7 miles of streets, including a possible arrangement with Escambia County.
During January, the Century council decided that each member would submit a list of roads and bridges that they believe need attention. That list will be combined with a list already maintained by the mayor to create a master list of bad roads, and when dollars become available for road and bridge projects, the council will refer to their master priority list to begin work.
But now the council has decided to determine what it would cost to resurface ever street in town.
“There’s not going to be enough money in Tallahassee to do them all,” Century Mayor Freddie McCall said. But once there is a bottom line estimate, the council will know what funds they will need to seek.
The council authorized the mayor to determine if the town council could pay Escambia County to pave the town’s streets, a possibility that McCall said Joy Blackmon, the county’s engineer, thought work.
In the meantime, the council will complete their priority list of roads to pave first if funds are limited.
Some potential priority streets mentioned at Monday night’s meeting of the Century Town Council were: Hecker, Academy, Front, Jefferson Street, Jefferson Circle, Zion, Blackmon, Freedom, Maplewood and Woods.
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4 Responses to “Century Seeks To Repave Every Street”
Doesn’t the town own a paving machine? Why don’t they use it? Or why did they buy it? You ride around through Century and see debris thru drainage areas that have not fully been cleaned up since hurricane Ivan. ( like the drainage ditch from Pinewood to Mayo and Mayo to across Jefferson) Now is the time, during the winter, to get to those areas while the over-growth has sortof died back. Shouldn’t the prisoner cleanup crew be used to do this kind of work. Our town desparately needs a cleanup..Paved roads, garbage, etc . This is is first town you see when you come in to Florida! Wow, who would be impressed? The town makes an impression but definitely not a positive one!
Freddie, maybe you need to start renting out the ag building for some more of those 5 star chick events B.Y.O.B. BABY SHOWERS. And charge more. Help pay for re-paving.
This along with some ditch cleaning all over town will be a great accomplishment. I think the town should contrack with someone to a Grade-all machine every ditch on every street in town and then make way for paving. Go for it All– Century town council. This along will make our town shine. Its almost Spring time and clean up time. Lets spruce up. I applaud you Century Mayor McCall and Town Council!!!!!!!!!!
Go luck Freddie McCall with getting that done. Your talking money, money, money. May want to check. with big O, to see if he can spare a trillion or two for us down here in the south.