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Engineering update: Jonesboro outlines 2025 road, sidewalk and drainage projects; demolition work beginning at Citizens Bank site
Summary
City engineering staff outlined planned 2025 capital projects — road overlays, sidewalks, drainage and rail-yard improvements — and contractors reported heavy equipment arriving this week for demolition of the Citizens Bank building; a tentative first demolition day was discussed pending ADEQ approvals.
City engineering staff on Monday gave the Jonesboro City Council a progress update on 2025 capital projects, outlining allocations for street resurfacing, sidewalk and side-path extensions, drainage repairs and railroad-yard maintenance, and provided a status report on the planned demolition of the Citizens Bank building downtown.
Craig Lide, director of engineering, summarized projects funded in the 2025 capital budget. He said the city allocated $500,000 for miscellaneous road work, with projects targeting local safety and connectivity needs, including traffic-signal and pedestrian-accommodation projects, turn-lane and side-path work on Johnson Avenue, traffic-calming speed tables on Oak and Brazos streets, and curb work to limit cut-through traffic on Union Street. Lide said contractors had submitted plans for several projects to state permitting agencies and that some work was expected to be constructed this year.
Lide listed sidewalks…
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