Franklin leaders outline $3.68 million paving plan, multiple road and park projects

At a June 2025 Franklin City Council meeting held at 6 p.m., the mayor provided a progress update on the city’s capital project list, outlining timelines, funding sources and near-term work on paving, bridges, sidewalks, parks and several development-related infrastructure items. The council approved the consent agenda by voice vote before hearing the report.

The mayor said the city’s mill-and-overlay paving program is underway and called it “about a $3,683,000 project,” adding that a Community Crossings grant will cover half of that cost. He said the city’s street department has been repairing concrete sections in subdivisions and noted a roughly $30,000 materials cost for recent North Main Street concrete repairs, separate from labor.

The mayor described several near-term road projects: Duke Energy began about 14 days of work tied to the Paul Hann Road reconstruction, which will require short-term road closures; Essex Drive work is about half complete with the developer Malarkey funding construction there; and a Commerce Drive traffic…