A series of improvements will be done to Hiawatha Street in Marthasville this summer. The Marthasville Board approved a wide-ranging improvement project at its April 20 meeting. The board awarded a …
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A series of improvements will be done to Hiawatha Street in Marthasville this summer.The Marthasville Board approved a wide-ranging improvement project at its April 20 meeting. The board awarded a contract to Lamke Trenching & Excavating for $137,000 for the work.Last summer the mayor and board walked Hiawatha to identify problems and discuss potential improvements. The city hired BFA Engineering & Surveying of Washington to come up with a plan to improve the road.BFA estimated the project would cost $182,000. The city received one other bid, from Tramar Contracting, Inc., for $167,600.Mayor David Lange said the work involves a variety of tweaks to improve Hiawatha Street.“We’re pretty much going to rebuild, or restructure the road so traffic flows a lot better and smoother,” he said. Alderman Mike Kloeppel questioned where the city would get the money for the project. Alderman Nick Lange said the board had plenty of money in the general and capital improvement funds. Nick Lange and fellow Aldermen Dan Grafrath and Chris DeVore voted in favor of the project. Kloeppel objected. Lange said Lamke will be doing a number of things to fix the road.“It’s curb and gutter work, it’s regrading,” Lange said.The biggest feature of the improvements is work done at the intersection of Hiawatha and Ozark Street. Lange said that intersection is hard to use.“Right now you can’t hardly get through there,” he said.To fix the issue, the city purchased two triangle portions of the shoulder. Lamke will be remaking the corners and widening the road.“We’re going to add 8 to 10 foot to widen the road,” he said.The project also calls for a final resurfacing to finish the job that was stated last year.“Once the curb and gutter is in and the corners are done, they’re going to blacktop from where they stopped last year all the way out to Highway D,” Lange said.The board has been discussing Hiawatha improvements since last year.The city had a special meeting in June to figure out problems with the road. Nearly a year later, Lange said he was excited for work to begin.“It’s a nice project,” he said.Street
