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School construction project OK'd
By Trent MooreGOOD HOPE — Work to improve campus roads and construct a new bus barn
is currently under way at the Good Hope Middle School campus.
The county school board has recently approved approximately $28,000 to
build a new bus barn and storage building at the campus.
Approximately $13,000 worth of maintenance department bids were
approved with Walker Brothers for building supplies to construct the
new buildings. A $14,640 bid from WWB Contracting was also approved
for labor to frame the structures.
The bus barn and storage building work ties into a larger traffic plan
for the school.
Complaints from parents and community members about heavy traffic last
year led county school officials to look into a new traffic layout
that will hopefully improve the situation.
The plan calls for the repaving of some of the old roads, an adjusted
traffic flow plan, moving the current bus barn and creating more
parking areas in and around the school campus.
The traffic project is being funded by a $250,000 incentive bond
acquired for the school system by Alabama Sen. Zeb Little (D) and
Representative James Fields (D). The funds can only be spent on the
Good Hope project.
“That all ties in to the traffic project out there,” Cullman County
Board of Education Superintendent Hank Allen said. “Those funds had to
be spent on that project.”
Good Hope Middle School Principal Wayne Weissend said work is
currently under way, though he is not sure exactly how long it will
take until construction is complete.
“We haven’t got everything moved, but they’re working on it,” he said.
“They have the pad poured and the (bus barn) building going up, and
they have to move the fuel tanks.”
Weissend said a new sidewalk has also been created, along with new
gravel to level out some of the deeper pot holes.
“They’re making room for everything and they’re working on it,” he said.
‰ Trent Moore can be reached by e-mail at trentm@cullmantimes.com, or
by telephone at 734-2131, ext. 225.
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