NEWS
Mill/Nelson intersection closing Monday for construction
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Starting Nov. 6 North Mill Street will be closed from East Houston to Small Street as construction gets underway on the Nelson Street drainage project.
Drivers should avoid this area and seek out alternate routes as construction will take several months. Bowie City Manager Bert Cunningham said Atmos Energy will be relocating a large gas line in this area expected to take about two weeks.
MX Construction, contractor for the drainage project, will begin in the same area since it will already be closed off by the utility company. The overall drainage project will take a year.
Stony Lowrance, public works director, said Thursday the latest schedule shows the contractor will start by replacing a 12-inch sewer line that cross Mill Street at Nelson. The overall project is expected to take about a year. Three large drop boxes will be installed at Houston/Mill, in the intersection of Mill and Nelson and one on Mill.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Pictured above: The intersection of Mill and Nelson. This one block section of Nelson has been closed for more than a year after a section on the north side of the street collapsed. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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