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| (DeSoto Times Photo by Robert Lee Long) Work crews from Loya Construction Company began tearing out sidewalks along Caffey Street Monday as part of a $20,000 sidewalk repair project on the historic Hernando court square. |
By ROBERT LEE LONG
Community Editor
HERNANDO — Work began on Labor Day, of all days, to repair sidewalks in and around the DeSoto County seat.
City Engineer Joe Frank Lauderdale was on the scene as existing broken sidewalks were torn up and hauled away.
Lauderdale said the Hernando Square Project cost approximately $20,000.
Work crews from Loya Construction Company began the project Monday, and sidewalk repair work is expected to last several days.
The City of Hernando was under pressure from federal officials to make their sidewalks more handicapped accessible.
“We were given notice that we needed to take a look at our situation and get our sidewalks handicapped accessible,” Lauderdale said. “We will make it handicapped accessible and even out some of the high spots and low spots.”
Lauderdale said sidewalks would be repaired near the First Regional Library headquarters on Commerce Street.
Lauderdale said sidewalks in some of the older parts of town are not yet handicapped accessible.
“It has to do more with private rather than public issues,” Lauderdale said, referring to some sidewalks that may be on private property.
Last month, a local chapter of the Girl Scouts presented a report to aldermen on the need to repair broken and missing sidewalks.
Scouts used global positioning devices to map areas where sidewalks were missing or broken.
Robert Lee Long can be contacted at rlong@desototimes.com or at (662) 429-NEWS, Ext. 252.
City Engineer Joe Frank Lauderdale was on the scene as existing broken sidewalks were torn up and hauled away.
Lauderdale said the Hernando Square Project cost approximately $20,000.
Work crews from Loya Construction Company began the project Monday, and sidewalk repair work is expected to last several days.
The City of Hernando was under pressure from federal officials to make their sidewalks more handicapped accessible.
“We were given notice that we needed to take a look at our situation and get our sidewalks handicapped accessible,” Lauderdale said. “We will make it handicapped accessible and even out some of the high spots and low spots.”
Lauderdale said sidewalks would be repaired near the First Regional Library headquarters on Commerce Street.
Lauderdale said sidewalks in some of the older parts of town are not yet handicapped accessible.
“It has to do more with private rather than public issues,” Lauderdale said, referring to some sidewalks that may be on private property.
Last month, a local chapter of the Girl Scouts presented a report to aldermen on the need to repair broken and missing sidewalks.
Scouts used global positioning devices to map areas where sidewalks were missing or broken.
Robert Lee Long can be contacted at rlong@desototimes.com or at (662) 429-NEWS, Ext. 252.
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