The City of Sparks has experienced many infrastructure improvements in recent months, and much more is planned, said Mayor Sam Wilson.
A natural gas line from the City of Adel’s system has been installed in Sparks on the way to Lenox and the north Cook County area. The route goes from North Elm Street through the Farmers Market to Adams Street, and then to Alexander and Lovett Streets up to North Goodman, continuing on to Lenox.
The City of Adel will pay the City of Sparks a franchise fee for all natural gas sold within the corporate limits of Sparks. If there are several households in a specific area that would like to hook onto natural gas, Adel officials would be more than willing to supply the product as long as it is cost-effective to run the gas lines. Reames Concrete would be the largest customer in the City of Sparks to use natural gas.
A major upcoming project for Sparks will be the use of 2015 Community Development Block Grant funds (a $500,000 grant) to redo an antiquated sewer lift station on Lovett Street. Sparks’ sewer system was built back in the 1960s and has been causing problems, so the lift station will be replaced like others have already been on Washington Street, Coldwell Street, and Brushy Creek Drive.
In 2015, the City had a new water well on Fifth Street (in Brushy Creek Trailer Park) go on-line, Mayor Wilson said. The water lines were looped to serve the Fox Run and Briar Cliff areas. This has provided much better water pressure on the northeast side of town.
Another big project for Sparks was the paving of Colquitt Street, from the red light in the center of town to I- 75.
Under the 2016 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), on which local voters will cast ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8, Sparks would receive $495,000. The town’s listed projects are general capital outlay, including a Police Station facility and equipment; roads, streets, and bridges, and equipment; recreation facility; and water and sewer capital outlay.
Mayor Wilson said he would like to see SPLOST funds used to buy land for a park with a walking track in town. He added that the new police station would be a longer term project; Sparks officials don’t plan to use the old bank building across the street from the post office for that purpose.
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