Marthasville aldermen heard an update Wednesday, Sept. 16, on various street improvements that have recently been ongoing in the city.

“Everybody’s probably seen, I’m sure, all the paved streets, and we paved five parking lots total,” Mayor David Lange said. These include the lots at Rusche, Lichtenberg, and Charrette parks, the lot next to Philly’s Pizza that is owned by the city, and the lot at City Park.

“And we went ahead and striped Depot Street and South Street, the two heavily trafficked streets,” he said. “It was only like $300 extra per street.”

The city has also ordered stop signs, street name signs, and 12 disabled parking signs for the recently paved parking lots, Lange said, including four for spaces at the lot near Philly’s, and two each for the other four lots.

A report on city bridges was also recently completed, Lange noted. Out of four or five bridges the city might consider replacing, the report found that the highest priority was the one at the corner of Second and South streets, he said.

“So if we need to come up with money to replace one, that’s the one we need to do, and then we can go from there to get money to do the other ones,” Lange said. “We can possibly check with Boonslick (Regional Planning Commission) to see if there’s any grant money, too.”

Alderman Chris DeVore said the city could benefit from seeking that additional funding, as other bridges highlighted in the report are also in need of eventual replacement.

“It would be nice to get some grant money, or at least look into replacing the ones on Two, Three and Four Street,” DeVore said.

DeVore said it would be good to widen the bridge at the corner of South and Four streets, and Lange agreed, saying that making it easier for drivers heading west on South Street to be able to turn left onto Four Street would be an improvement.

In response to comments from Alderman Leo Meyer, Lange said the city could also look into further restricting parking at the corner of North and Fifth streets due to visibility issues.