Clarksdale city officials will be asking the city’s voters to approve a $17 million bond referendum this summer that they believe will help ease flooding.
In early January 2019, employees of the Neel-Schaffer engineering firm in Southaven unveiled their improvement plans, which range from $12 million to $16 million, to the Clarksdale mayor and board of commissioners at their meeting Monday at City Hall.
Along with their solutions to fix flooding, the engineering firm also offered plans to replace the Second Street bridge that links downtown with west Clarksdale, as well as an option to repair the bridge at the intersection of Friars Point Road and Lee Drive, and the widening of a one-mile stretch of Friars Point Road.
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