HUTCHINSON, Kan. — According to a social media post from the neighborhood, SW Bricktown held a walking meeting on Monday on West Avenue B with interim City Manager Mary Grace Clements to discuss improving lighting between Adams and Monroe streets. A total of 14 people joined the meeting.
After SW Bricktown's annual meeting where lighting was discussed, Clements got a recommendation from Evergy for upgrading lighting on W. Ave. B. That recommendation included adding one street light and moving two others in the 200 block of W. Ave. B, and adding two street lights in the 300 block. One of the lights that Evergy recommended moving is next to the alley by the Woodie Seat Freeway in the 200 block.
At Monday's meeting, residents expressed concern about how moving the light further east would affect visibility at the alley entrance. With that in mind, Clements will look at leaving that light where it is and adding an additional light where Evergy proposed moving it. That would mean adding two lights and moving one in the 200 block instead of adding one and moving two.
The walking meeting continued into the 400 block of W. Ave. B, which was not covered by Evergy's recommendation. The group discussed the possibility of adding a street light on the south side of the block across from Avenue A School's angle parking. One of the neighborhood residents plans to visit with the residents whose house the light would be in front of for their input.
Clements and City Council members Greg Fast and Steve Garza were a part of the Monday meeting.
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