The city will then use money generated by Tax Increment Financing agreements between the city and Marlington School District to pay off the bonds. The city and property owners James and Kathy Stout are sharing the cost of the road construction. The new West Main Street will travel from Sawburg Avenue west to Freshley Avenue, winding its way through the new industrial park. The advertisement for bids is to run again this week and the city administration hopes to award the contract early next month. That contract will be followed two weeks later by one that would hire a construction firm to handle the renovation and widening of Freshley Avenue.
City officials hope to have both projects finished by fall.
The Review City council's regular duties were finished about 30 minutes before members went home Monday night. The first two hearings, concerning amending a section of the sign ordinance to address signage in the Sawburg Profession Offices Overlay Zone and addressing the size of public building signs in residential and college zoned districts were handled during the body of the regular meeting. In both instances no one spoke for or against the measures. Council had wound up its other tasks Monday night just before the third public hearing and decided to use the few minutes remaining before the next hearing to pass the first two measures. That led them to the third hearing concerning the heights of fences, walls and hedges in front yards.