Aldermen approve lowest Carver Drive ditch bid
Aldermen approved the lowest bid — Hattiesburg-based Precision Construction’s almost-$700,000 offer — Tuesday, which clears the way for concreting efforts to begin along Carver Drive’s drainage ditch.
Aldermen consider new Carver Drive bid
Starkville aldermen could approve a new bid to concrete a portion of the Carver Drive ditch, a drainage feature that has served as a point of political conflict for years, during their 5:30 p.m. meeting today at City Hall.
Our view: Carver Drive residents benefit from approach of campaign season
For years, Carver Drive residents have complained about the foul smells emanating from a nearby drainage ditch.
The politics of the issue have produced an equally offensive aroma.
Aldermen sign off on Perkins’ Carver Drive plan
A once contentious point of debate ended with light discussion and overwhelming support Tuesday as Starkville aldermen approved an alternative solution to Carver Drive’s longstanding drainage issues.
Perkins to present new Carver Drive ditch solution
Ward 6 Alderman Roy A. Perkins will ask Starkville representatives to consider a more comprehensive Carver Drive drainage solution during tonight’s 5:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall.
Residents lament lack of progress on Carver Drive project
Residents of Carver Drive in Starkville are still awaiting improvements on the drainage and sewage ditch that borders the west end of the street.
City puts finishing touches on Carver plan
The application for improvements to the Carver Drive drainage ditch will likely be sent off for approval to the Federal Emergency Management Agency next week.
Starkville aldermen amend zoning ordinance
The Starkville Board of Aldermen voted to amend the city’s zoning ordinance after having the board’s second public hearing on the matter Tuesday night.
The board also held its first public hearing on adopting a new ordinance to regulate certain areas of commercial and residential outdoor display and requested a title search by the city attorney for property near the Carver Drive ditch.
Aldermen to ask FEMA approval on Carver Drive project
Thanks to crowd outbursts and hot button issues, Mayor Parker Wiseman was forced to call the Starkville Board of Aldermen meeting to order several times Tuesday night, and he was also called on to cast the deciding vote in a 3-3 split that passed an improvised motion to seek Federal Management Agency approval for Carver Drive relief.
Helmet Ordinance tops Starkville Aldermen agenda
The Starkville Board of Aldermen will hold its second public hearing on the possibility of amending the current helmet ordinance at its meeting on Tuesday.
“My yard is a sewer”: Drainage woes plague neighborhood
Rachel Campbell has lived at the west end of Carver Drive in Starkville, since 1981.
For the majority of those years, she feels her front yard has been nothing, but a source of disgust.
“Around 1986, the city took that sewage drain from the middle of the street and moved it right to the edge of my yard,” she recalled. “From stool to those sanitary pads, tampons and any waste you can think of, when it gets backed up, my yard is a sewer.”
Aldermen vote down Carver drainage proposal
In voicing her opposition to a proposal to seek a grant for repairing the drainage ditch along Carver Drive, Ward 2 Alderwoman Sandra Sistrunk was blunt.
Carver Drive ditch improvements approved
As Daisy McDowell walked through the backyard of her home on Carver Drive Wednesday morning, a cool breeze blew in from the west, freshly cut grass stuck to her shoes and birds chirped from the nearby tree line.