December 17, 2014 - To mark the completion of work on Martin Luther King (MLK) Drive, the City of Center held a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, December 17, 2014 at the intersection of Hicks Street. As everyone gathering for the ceremony, Mayor David Chadwick welcomed everyone and shared his appreciation for the completion and gave some history of the project.
"We are so pleased that we were able to complete this section so far, and I say this section, the whole thing is done and we were able to do it with grant money which is marvelous and it does not impact our local citizens," stated Chadwick.
He continued commenting there is still work to be done, "The sidewalks on the side of the street, you'll notice entrances that look like they're leading to someplace and it leads to dirt, that's the next step that we want to address and that's our sidewalks."
Chadwick remarked on what has been accomplished with the street improvements on Martin Luther King Drive, "We've accomplished two major things for Center at this particular time with this project and I want us to be very much aware and very grateful for it. One is the fact we were able to complete this street with concrete and this has always been a very damp street with a lot of springs, natural springs and whatnot that have caused deterioration, so we were able to complete that into a concrete street and we got rid of the railroad tracks."
"We are very appreciative of work that is being done, we are very grateful that it is now this far along, and we look forward to continuing to do things for our community," said Chadwick.
