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Jonesboro engineering staff outlines 2025 capital projects; contractors preparing Citizens Bank demolition
Summary
City engineering staff described 2025 capital allocations for roads, sidewalks, drainage, rail yard protections and an asphalt overlay program; contractors reported heavy equipment arriving to begin demolition of the former Citizens Bank building.
City engineering staff presented the 2025 capital-project program to the Jonesboro City Council, describing planned street, sidewalk, drainage and rail-yard work, and contractors gave an update on imminent demolition activity at the former Citizens Bank site.
Engineering staff said the city’s 2025 miscellaneous roads allocation (about $500,000) will fund projects including a signal at North Church/Church Hawk near Parker Park, a Johnson Avenue turn lane with a 10-foot side path to the Newman Center, and pedestrian accommodations at South Culver House and Southwest Drive. Traffic-calming measures (speed tables and signage) are planned at Oak Street, Brazos and Fair Park, and a lighting project on Crest Street is staged for installation with…
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