Several employees worked for three days in the hot summer sun disassembling the wall stone by stone and transported it to Franklin. The wall will be re-constructed at the City Cemetery in the Spring of 2001. Many services provided by the Street Department are seasonal in nature or weather related. Floodwaters require barricades and warning signs when streets become impassable. When storm winds damage trees and limbs block roadways, chainsaws are utilized to remove the debris and provide clear passage for travel.
Employees operate leaf vacuums every fall to clear away multi-colored autumn leaves.
The winter of 2000 brought a beautiful blanket of snow to Franklin and dump trucks equipped with salt spreaders traveled City streets spreading salt to melt snow and ice. Changes made within the department during the year 2000 include the official retirement of former Street Director, Wilson Vaden. Joseph York is the new Street Director and Steven Grubb was promoted to Assistant Street Director. The Street Department Traffic Division is responsible for maintaining traffic signals, downtown streetlights and City school flashers. This Division also performs sign maintenance and roadway striping.