By Gary Lloyd
Trussville Mayor Gene Melton said Tuesday that Green Drive may not reopen until mid October.
Melton said Schoel Engineering completed its culvert specifications and had them to Streets and Sanitation Superintendent Wayne Sullivan on Wednesday. A bid will have to be advertised and a special-called Trussville City Council meeting could be held between the Aug. 27 and Sept. 10 city council meetings to award a bid.
Sullivan said opening a bid at the Aug. 27 council meeting is a “tight” timeframe.
Green Drive needs a culvert replacement, a result of one collapsing in May. The repair will likely cost more than ,000. The city council approved Schoel Engineering doing the engineering for the Green Drive repair at a cost of ,600 earlier this year.
Green Drive remains closed from Norrell Drive to Trussville-Clay Road.
The closed road is a popular link from Chalkville Mountain Road to Trussville-Clay Road, on which Hewitt-Trussville Middle School is located.
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