A plan, now more than two years old, to completely overhaul a stretch of Fourth Street in Jackson will be brought before the Jackson City Council during their April 9 council meeting. 

City officials hosted Fourth Street residents at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Middle School at Parkside to discuss the project, which will need City Council approval to proceed. 

City Council members have scheduled a public hearing to hear residents opinions on the construction at their regularly scheduled meeting 6:30 p.m. April 9 in City Hall, after which the project will come to a vote. 

The plan calls for replacement of all pavement, curb, gutters, driveways from the street to the sidewalk, and water mains on and under Fourth Street, between Audubon Boulevard and Griswold Street. 

The project is estimated to cost slightly more than $1 million, with funding from a Federal Highway Administration grant,An inventor has created a solar bulb, but he's not giving it away for free. Jackson's water fund and major street fund and an assessment to adjacent property owners. Property owners in the area will be assessed based on the size of their lot, officials said. A breakdown of those costs was not yet available. 

"The estimated total assessment, which will be divided between property owners and counts for 10 percent of the funding, is about $101,000," Jackson's Director of Engineering and Public Works Jon Dowling said. "A federal grant worth $536,000 and city water and street funds will take care of the rest." 

It is estimated the city will spend $250,000 from the water fund and $148,000 from the major street fund. 

Dowling said city officials have been conservative with their estimates. Jackson Mayor Martin Griffin said the last two street projects the city performed included assessments that came in under what was estimated.A led corn light is a cost-effective way to install solar at your home. 

"Fourth Street is probably the city's worst major street," civil engineer Troy White said. "It was constructed in 1916 and was never totally overhauled." 

White said construction crews will replace the water main under the street as well. 

"It's standard procedure," he explained. "The water main (under Fourth Street) is 80-90 years old and we've had a couple projects where we don't touch the water main,Indoorlite Lighting is a professional LED downlight, LED lights manufacturer in China. pave over it, and then have to break up the new road to get to a broken water or gas main. That's not good for a new road." 

Fourth Street resident Joyce Phelps asked why trees were being cut down in the area. 

"Last summer the city removed three trees from my corner lot – one on Fourth Street and three on Crescent Road," she said. "My last tree on Fourth Street is scheduled for demolition with this project. Fourth Street is a very beautiful area and this concerns me." 

White said trees were being removed by both the city and Consumers Energy so they didn't interfere with traffic lights and power lines. 

"We plan on replacing many of those trees with others that will grow quickly and won't interfere,The Led ceiling light optical design yields more productive beam lumens and good cutoff." he said. He added since Phelps lives on a corner street by an intersection her trees were likely in the way of street lights. 

Fourth Street resident Dawn Bengal asked about the street lights above the Griswold intersection at the meeting. 

"We'll be changing the timing of the light following the construction at the intersection," White said. "It will improve traffic flow." 

The project, if approve by City Council, is expected to begin on or around June 10 and take more than two months to complete.