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Greenwood City Council unanimously adopts budget amendment to proceed with pedestrian tunnel
Summary
At a special Greenwood City Council meeting on Oct. 29, 2025, the council approved a resolution to amend the budget so the city can move forward with a prefabricated pedestrian tunnel on the trail at the Main Street–bypass connection; members raised questions about grade, drainage and schedule but provided no firm completion date.
GREENWOOD — At a special-call meeting on Oct. 29, 2025, the Greenwood City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution amending the budget so the city can proceed with a pedestrian tunnel on the trail where Main Street connects to the bypass.
The council considered a schematic and plan sheets during the roughly 10-minute meeting, with staff and council members noting cross-sections stamped by an engineer and detailed wing-wall and rebar specifications. A council member said the tunnel will slope "2% grade to the west," which will direct drainage that way, and multiple members discussed whether the structure will be built up on the trail or require excavation.
The council recorded A.C. Brown, Roth Maker, Roger Rainwater and Mr. Powell as voting yes; three council members — Steve Tedford, Tim Terry and Travis Plamer — were recorded absent. The clerk called the motion "adopted" after a motion to approve "by title only" and a second were entered on the record.
Several speakers said the contractor indicated it was ready to begin work once the city issued payment, but the contractor did not provide a firm timetable for completion. One council member noted the project could not be finished in time for the Halloween trail event the following day, and members discussed site conditions such as mud and drying time. A quoted council remark captured the mood: the contractor is "ready to rock and roll," but council members emphasized that ordering and on-site work depend on post-approval logistics.
The resolution and schematic were included in the meeting packet; the minutes record the cost as "under the 350 barely," but the transcript does not specify units or whether that refers to thousands of dollars. City staff did not provide a construction schedule or an expected completion date during the meeting.
The council adjourned following the vote. Council members also announced a 6:30 p.m. event at the police department for promotions and a swearing-in that evening.
