Public invited to Wednesday meeting to discuss upgrades to section of N. Main Street

Anyone interested in upgrades of about a 1-mile stretch of North Main Street is invited to a meeting Wednesday at Earlewood Park.

The open house is for residents and business people who want to hear about plans to spend $40 million for changes along the 1.3-mile section of North Main that lies between Anthony and Fuller avenues, Columbia’s engineering director Dana Higgins said.

If the city completes its right-of-way acquisitions, construction bids would be released in late spring and construction could begin in late summer, she said.

Wednesday’s 90-minute meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at the park’s community center located at 1113 Parkside Drive.

Improvements to sidewalks, crosswalks, streetlights and other changes along the stretch would match work already done at the south end of North Main to Elmwood Avenue and the north end, almost to I-20, Higgins said.

Clif LeBlanc

This story was originally published February 9, 2016 at 11:55 AM with the headline "Public invited to Wednesday meeting to discuss upgrades to section of N. Main Street."