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Call 957-1122 www.northsidesun.com 10,120 Paid Circulation; 25.300 Readership For 41 Years, Covering Northeastnorthside Jackson, Madison and Ridgeland Two Sections, 20 Pages,sun 75 Cents, Thursday, July 9, 2009 MILLIONS NEEDED FOR UPGRADE Age causing havoc with infrastructure By ANTHONY WARREN repairs. sive sinkhole under Ridgewood Road and storm drain are usually last on the list, while Sun Staff Writer “Normally, during a dry period, we average blocked two lanes of traffic for several months. breaks like the ones that occurred on YEARS OF EXPOSURE to the elements about five breaks a day,” said Public Works Fortification and Old Canton are top priority. took its toll on more Jackson infrastructure Deputy Director David Willis. “Most of the MUCH OF the 42-inch main crumbled, forc- Once a rupture is identified, the city contacts recently when two water mains ruptured under time, we can put a repair clamp on the break, ing the city to spend $1.3 million on a special Mississippi 811, formerly Mississippi One Call, roadways on the Northside. but when the pipe completely breaks, we have “sock” to reinforce what was left of the line. a service that helps crews locate underground Last week, water lines burst under to cut out the damaged portion and install a new City engineers say the sock, once it hardened, utilities and gas lines before they dig. That Fortification Street and Old Canton Road, send- section.” will last for 40 years. After repairs were made to process, Willis said, usually takes about four ing mounds of asphalt flying through the air and New sections of pipe had to be installed at that project, another sinkhole formed about 150 hours. Once officials determine that it’s safe to revealing a major issue that Mayor Harvey both the Old Canton and Foritification sites. feet north of the site, also on Ridgewood. dig, the repairs can take five and half hours or Johnson Jr. and the new city council will have “Probably 90 percent of the breaks are due to Ridgewood is one of the busiest thorough- longer, depending on the job. to face in the next four years. Yazoo Clay,” Willis added. He said the pipe’s fares in Northeast Jackson. Recent traffic The department has set aside approximately The capital city needs an estimated $76 mil- age is exacerbated when the bothersome clay counts provided by the Mississippi Department $300,000 in the 2008-09 fiscal year budget for lion to upgrade the city’s water and sewer sys- shrinks and swells following extreme dry and of Transportation show that the four-lane road overtime. At the end of May, 90 percent of those tem, which in some places is nearing the 100- wet conditions. sees as many as 21,000 vehicles a day. funds had been spent. The materials budget sits year mark. (The Fortification pipe was installed In addition to those breaks, Jackson has been “When a break is reported, a supervisor at $700,000. At the end of May, about 74 per- in 1928, and the one on Old Canton was put in plagued by a number of other infrastructure fail- assesses it and prioritizes it based on the back- cent of that budget was used up. the ground in 1962.) To make matters worse, ures, including a well-publicized collapse of a log at the time. We have to check out all of Public Works has exhausted its materials and sewer main near Jackson Academy’s main them,” Willis said. Smaller cracks that cause a PUBLIC Works Director Thelman Boyd overtime budgets used to fund the emergency entrance last August. The break created a mas- trickle of water to run down the road into a (See UPGRADES, Page 8A) Hotty toddy Supreme court could hear tower arguments in fall THE MISSISSIPPI for two of them as well. Supreme Court could hear Peden declined to comment arguments as early as this fall on the specifics of the case, but regarding the construction of a did say construction continues 13-story tower and parking on the $60 million tower and garage in Ridgeland. its nearby parking garage. He In May, Steve Smith, an said most of the exterior work attorney for ZONE, Zoning on the controversial structures Ordinances Need has already been completed. Enforcement, filed a brief of appellants asking the court to SMITH BELIEVES devel- overturn the decision of a opers are thumbing their noses Madison circuit judge to allow at the court by allowing the the construction of the 200 project to continue with a deci- Renaissance Building to move sion still pending. He pointed forward. to several cases where appel- And about four weeks ago, late judges have required James Peden, who represents structures to be torn down H.C. Bailey, the Madison despite being approved in County Land Company, and lower courts. other named parties, asked the In Drews v. City of judicial body for a 30-day Hattiesburg, “the court was extension to file a response to faced with an appeal from a ZONE’s 51-page argument. zoning decision of the city of “The briefs are being pre- Hattiesburg which bears strik- Rebel Reunion scheduled pared in due time,” he said. ing similarity to the subject “We requested and obtained a decisions of the city of The Central Mississippi Ole Miss Club will present the food as well as a cash bar plus various kids activities. A 30-day extension because of Ridgeland in the case at bar.” annual “Rebel Reunion” party on Tuesday, July 14, at silent auction fund-raiser will be held and merchandise the complexity of the matter.” The brief states that Drews, the Mississippi Trade Mart in downtown Jackson fea- will be available for purchase from the Ole Miss He said extensions are a com- a developer, petitioned turing Ole Miss Head Football Coach Houston Nutt, Bookstore booth along with other vendors at the event. mon practice among attorneys, Hattiesburg for variances “for Head Baseball Coach Mike Bianco, Head Women’s For more information contact Erica Stutzman, presi- adding that Smith has asked (See TOWER, Page 8A) Basketball Coach Renee Ladner, and Athletic Director dent, at 601-500-0707; John Raines, vice president, Pete Boone, plus other athletic coaches and officials. 601-594-4558; or Glen Waddle, 601-506-3186. Planning The social hour begins at 5 p.m., with the program the event are (from left, back) Burton Doss, Michael starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the Rebel Reunion are Russ, Clarence Webster, Nic Lott, Glen Waddle, John Strong-arm robbery $20 for adults and $10 for kids age five to 18 and will Raines, Jet Hollingsworth, William Gates; (front) be available at the door. No advance tickets are Ginger Daniels, Marion Culver, Erica Stutzman, required. Admission to the Rebel Reunion includes Candie Simmons, Katie Gilchrist. reported at restaurant A STRONG-ARM robbery scene on foot. The case is still and rape were among crimes under investigation. police were looking into recent- Police say an underage girl Market’s operation hours limited ly on the Northside. was raped on June 27, but the On June 26, a man was incident wasn’t reported to WHEN IT FIRST opened, the new the market’s operating times from six days for the new facility, but only $2.4 million robbed at the Lone Star authorities until June 29, after Mississippi Farmers Market was touted as to three days a week and to reduce its was used. Steakhouse and Saloon at 6010 her mother found out. The com- a place that would offer more convenient hours to seven hours a day, from 8 a.m. to Director of Marketing Andy Prosser I-55 North. The incident plainant told police that she was hours for Northsiders who could swing in 3 p.m. said the decision to cut back on hours was occurred at approximately 1:20 visiting her boyfriend at the and pick up their favorite fresh fruits and When the market kicked off its busy made to help farmers who needed to p.m. Precinct Four Officer Parham Pointe Apartments in vegetables after work. season on June 13, it again was opened spend more time in their fields to stock the Robby Huff said a man was at the 5000 block of Ridgewood But for the past two years, residents only three days a week. facility. “Our thinking is that we’re here Maywood Mart, when two Road. stopping by during their afternoon com- The 18,000-square-foot market was for the farmers,” he said. “There’s no way black males approached him Her boyfriend stepped out for mute have had to settle for cold-storage constructed four years ago and was sur- they can farm and be at market six days a and asked for a ride. a moment at approximately 5 and canned produce from their local gro- rounded by controversy from residents week.” “The man said sure and he p.m., when his friend, a man cery store. That’s because the farmers and farmers who didn’t want to relocate drove them to the Lone Star,” she knew by first name only, market closes at three o’clock. from the previous location on Woodrow HE SAID MDAC conducts a survey of Huff said. “When they got to grabbed her and raped her. The After opening for six days a week dur- Wilson Drive. Some believed that it department-certified farmers each year to the parking lot, (the suspects) victim’s age wasn’t released to ing its first year on High Street, the would be cheaper to improve the old mar- determine the best operating hours for the demanded money.” The two the Sun, but the suspect was Mississippi Department of Agriculture ket than build a new one.
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