Muskogee Phoenix By Cathy Spaulding cspaulding@muskogeephoenix.com Jan 6, 2023
Traffic on narrow Smith Ferry Road must stop when buses pull out of Hilldale High and Hilldale Middle Schools.
That's not the two-lane road's only problem, Hilldale Superintendent Erik Puckett said.
"Any time we get any kind of rain, we get water across the road," Puckett said. "And then the road literally is starting to fall apart. There's no curb, no access on the side, if you have any issues, to really turn your vehicles in and out. There's a lot of traffic on that road."
The City of Muskogee could begin work soon on a multi-year project to widen Smith Ferry to three lanes and install storm sewers between Main Street and Gulick Street.
First, the city must lay pipe along Orchard Parkway across from Hilldale, then lay an underground storm sewer and build a detention pond.
Stewart said city crews are waiting for a notice within the next week to start work on the Orchard Parkway pipe. He said pipes collapsed in on the parkway and replacement will improve drainage.
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