By Gary Lloyd
TRUSSVILLE — A dedication ceremony for the Veterans Memorial Monument in Trussville’s Civitan Park could be held Memorial Day, May 25.
Mayor Gene Melton said at last week’s Trussville City Council meeting that he’ll discuss the ongoing project at the Trussville Historical Board’s March 3 meeting. He said a Memorial Day dedication is something the board and city could be “shooting for.”
He said once Phase 1 is complete, Garner Stone will complete the brickwork around the monument. The paved lot will then be striped.
The first phase includes finishing the parking lot and landscaping around the Veterans Memorial Monument on the Civitan Park side of the Cahaba River. This work was let for bid May 30, 2014, and Walker Patton Contracting was the low bidder, coming in with a bid of $388,248.22. Work on the phase began in August 2014.
Melton said there is part of Civitan Park included in Phase 2 of the project, which includes the rest of the site, including linking the greenway from Civitan Park to the Trussville Sports Complex along the Cahaba River.
Melton said he’s trying to push the Alabama Department of Transportation for the Phase 2 plans so that the job can be let for bid near the end of spring or beginning of summer.
The Civitan Park greenway project was divided into two jobs in November 2013.
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