The Huron City Commission put the wheels in motion to begin two long awaited street projects in 2012. City Engineer Mike Wever summarized three motions needed to mill and widen 9th Street and Frank Avenue…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/01/9thnfrank1.mp3|titles=9thnfrank1]Commissioner Mark Robish questioned Wever about the Right of Way provision to the project…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/01/9thnfrank2.mp3|titles=9thnfrank2]Robish also had brought up concerns he’s heard from affected neighbors about driveways…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/01/9thnfrank3.mp3|titles=9thnfrank3]The project to widen 9th Street and Frank Avenue is being paid for with State Transportation Improvement Funds or STIP funds with is gas tax money from Huron, that is banked by the state for future use by the city. Due to changes in the way STIP funding is administered, an overlay project for 21st street east of Dakota to the James River Bridge will be put off until possibly 2014 to allow the STIP funds to replenish.