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Council committee reviews uptown streetscape project to bury overhead utilities using ACGP funds

2548996 · March 11, 2025
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Summary

Council discussed a streetscape project to bury overhead electric and telecommunications lines in uptown Athens, sidewalk and streetscape work, funding through a $6.5 million ACGP award administered via Ross County, and coordination with other federally funded uptown improvements.

The Athens City Council transportation committee on March 10 reviewed a proposed uptown streetscape project that would bury overhead electric and telecommunications lines along State and Mill and make sidewalk and streetscape improvements on Carpenter and other streets.

Jeff Reiser, president pro tem of council, described the project’s scope: "The purpose of this project is to bury the overhead electric and telecommunications lines in the uptown, specifically along State and Mill between…

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