· On the middle school
campus a 6 foot wide asphalt path will be constructed from Highway 65, down
Truman Street, to Locust Street. Another
sidewalk will run from Truman Street to the school along a path adjacent to the
main drive at the middle school. A third
sidewalk will be paved from the east driveway to Truman Street. In total, the middle school project will
include approximately ½ mile of sidewalk construction.
· On the Buffalo High School campus, a 5 foot wide concrete sidewalk will be constructed along Main
Street just north of the high school campus.
This portion of the project will cover the deep drainage channel that
runs from Locust to Spruce along Main Street (photo below).
A second portion of the sidewalk project will run along the east side of
the campus down Locust Street from Commercial Street to Missouri Street. In total, the high school portion of the
project will be 1540 feet of new sidewalks.
· The total estimated cost
of the project is $253,688, of which approximately $50,000 will be funded by
the school district with donated labor or a cash contribution. Eighty percent of funding will be provided by
federal Transportation Enhancement Program funds. The project will hopefully be completed by the end of the 2013-2014 school year.
