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Sparta’s Carter Street and pedestrian bridge will soon have new lighting.
The Board of Aldermen approved the purchase of materials for 29 light locations Thursday. Public Works Director Dillard Quick said the in-house installation should be completed this winter.
“This lights up the bridge. This lights up the walking path from the cemetery down to the bridge,” Quick said. “Then, you go down to South Carter, and if you remember, we were going to put in sidewalks to extend the South Carter Park.”
Quick said the sidewalk installation was not included in the $106,000 price tag. Quick said the separate sidewalk project will also be completed in-house this winter.
“That’s part of the project that we’ve talked about,” Quick said. “So, some of these lights are for future sidewalks. We’re going to provide the labor to do it. We’re going to pour the concrete, put the conduit in and pull the wiring.”
Discussions on this project started some two years ago. Grant funding was explored to pay the cost, but no matches were found. City Administrator Brad Hennessee said the price will be covered through the city’s general fund.
