New 18th Street Extension Opens

Participating in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the
grand opening of the 18th street extension this week were, left to right:
Jimmy Heard, City Project Inspector; John Brown, Grove Area Chamber of Commerce; Barbara Barnes, Bank of Grove; Debbie Mavity, Assistant City Manager; Kelly Kirkpatrick, city code enforcement; Mayor Carolyn Nuckolls; Lisa Allred, City Treasurer; Bill Galletly, City Manager; Chad Clinehens, Garver Engineers, and Lisa Friden, Executive Director, Grove Area Chamber of Commerce. Grass sodding and seeding is all that remains to be done on the project, which cost just under $2.1 million including the three lane portion of Shundi from 13th to 9th street. Total project is 1.270 miles in length and built to ODOT standards. An eight foot bike path is adjacent to the north side of the roadway. It was completed in just under 10 months.