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Show I --si: ........ . . . :f A.-.; frr f ?$ r - a: Vrj I - 7 fi At Itx . CT &fi mi -.. hi "T, 'fi--i.J . ( A A' t , A I; rr I f i , - I - ' c""Hr ' 1 1 --' - -' M t r-''' '"'-- - ' - PAVE BARNARD ST. B GARY R. ELODCETT Clipptr News Editor CENTERVILLE -- "Ifs going to be the best-looking street in Davis County." CENTERVILLE Mayor Neil Blackburn wanted his " feelings to go on record last Tuesday night w hen he told the city council and residents in attendance that Barnard Street ) is being paed in concrete. "The paving looks real i good." he said. "I think that 1 when the project is completed, it will be one of the best-looking best-looking streets in Davis County. Coun-ty. There's no reason for an -one to be upset about what is ;. being done." BIT THERE are a few residents resi-dents of the area still concerned con-cerned about the long-range affect the new concrete street might have on the v aluation of their propeny. Linda Murdock told the council that she has letters from three or four other states where officials there "were very critical of cement streets and in some cases have even removed these streets and went back to asphalt paving." "WE HAVE letters from low a. Nebraska and the Dakota Dako-ta from Street and Highway Department officials who say that concrete streets are hazardous hazar-dous - even to the point of causing deaths by drowning of Crews from M.H. Green Construction have taken advantage of the warm weather the past week to pave Barnard Street in Ccnterville. The street is paved with an inverted crown and is concrete instead of asphalt. When completed later this week, the street will be in top shape for the first time since the spring flood. children." Mrs. Murdock told the council. "We are happy to see that the street -- which has been torn up for nearly five months -- is going to be repaired. I just wish it wasn't going to be in concrete." SHE TOLD the council that they have been without power and that the weekly garbage pickup has been irregular and for the past several weeks she and her neighbors have had to carry garbags over to another street to be picked up. "This week's garbage is still sitting on the curbs." she said. "We go on paying taxes without getting service and I don't think that's fair. If large construction trucks can get up and down our street, why can't the garbage truck pick up our garbage'.'" EARLIER, A suit (complaint) (com-plaint) against Mayor Blackburn Black-burn was filed in Second District Dis-trict Court by Mrs. Murdock. The complaint, asking for a temporary injunction against reconstruction of Barnard Street, was denied by Judge J. Dully Palmer. Mrs. Murdock said she would not pursue the injunction injunc-tion but the charges against thei mayor and city council members mem-bers would probably remain. These charges, it was explained, ex-plained, are primarily geared at possible devaluation of property and safety of children created by the street with inverted in-verted slopes. SINCE THE complaint is aimed at the mayor - and only mentions the council members - the council approved funds that might be needed to defend the mayor against these allegations. allega-tions. It also authorized the mayor to seek legal action through the city attorney at city expense. |