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Hiawatha street project approved

By Greg Bebermeyer

05/03/2019

(KNZA)--Improvements will be made to two blocks of a Hiawatha city street.

The City Commission this week approved the placement of a 4-inch asphalt overlay on the 300 and 400 blocks of South Third Street at a cost of $60,000.

City crews will prepare the street for the overlay.

The 400-block of South 3rd Street has been closed to through traffic due to failing road conditions, which Streets Superintendent Nic Siebenmorgen says is the result of poor drainage off of Iowa Street and the east alley between Iowa and Pottawatomie.

To address the issue, the Commission last month approved replacing the concrete at the intersection of Iowa Street at a cost of around $7,000 to redirect the drainage off of the street.

In other business, on the recommendation of Police Chief John Defore, the Commission approved the purchase of new body-worn cameras for officers at a cost of nearly $34,000.

Also on the recommendation of Defore, the Commission rejected the bids received for the purchase of new in-car cameras.

They will be budgeted for next year.

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