Approved through the City’s Neighborhood Works capital improvement grant program, the City of Springfield Public Works street operations division finished assessing alleyway conditions throughout the Grant Beach neighborhood in order to identify priority areas for maintenance. Crews began grading in December, with a plan to fill potholes as weather permits.…
Author: Kristen Milam, Public Information, for SGFNN
Delaware will soon see new sidewalks along Portland Street, Fairway Avenue, Kentwood Avenue, Bennett Street and Meadowmere Street through the City’s Neighborhood Works capital improvement grant program. The projects will be put out for bid in the spring with construction anticipated in the summer or fall. The total estimated cost…
The Grand Street Bridge and roadway between Kansas Expressway and Park Avenue temporarily reopened to traffic Dec. 3. Currently, the road portion of the project is complete and the bridge portion awaiting minor finishes. Grand Street from Kansas Expressway to Park Avenue will temporarily be marked as two lanes while…
The City of Springfield and Ozark Greenways, Inc. hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking Nov. 7 for the construction of a new trail along the Jordan Creek in Springfield’s West Meadows. The City received a $250,000 Recreational Trails program (RTP) grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to fund the…
The City of Springfield Department of Public Works was recently awarded a $11,400 Blueprint for Safer Roadways grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation to continue and expand the SGF Yields pedestrian safety program. Launched in July of 2017, SGF Yields is an effort to combat a growing trend in…
The City of Springfield has expanded mattress recycling collection services to its Franklin Avenue Recycling Center location at 731 N. Franklin Avenue. Collection of mattresses and box springs began at the Springfield Sanitary Landfill and Lone Pine Recycling Center in March of this year. So far, the service has collected…
Nine registered neighborhoods in Springfield will soon be seeing new sidewalks and park improvements thanks to a competitive grant made possible through the voter-approved 1/4-cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax. Neighborhood Works is intended to fund small-scale capital improvements within officially registered neighborhoods, giving residents the opportunity to identify projects they…
The City of Springfield’s Department of Environmental Services is utilizing a surprising tool to help improve the community’s sanitary sewer system – smoke. Smoke testing is one technique used to help locate leaks in the sewer system which allow water that doesn’t belong to seep in. The City manages a…
The City of Springfield’s Clean Water Services division will perform sanitary sewer smoke testing in sections of the Robberson and Weller neighborhoods beginning Monday, July 30. The boundaries of the testing area are roughly between Turner Street (north) and Division Street (south) and between Delaware Avenue (west) and Barnes Avenue…
Fourteen project applications will be considered this summer by the City and Neighborhood Advisory Council for potential funding through the 2018-2019 cycle of the Neighborhood Works program. Neighborhood Works is intended to fund small-scale capital improvements within officially registered neighborhoods, giving residents the opportunity to identify projects they believe will…