Politics & Government
Statham Council to Match Grant Funds for Paving of Street Adjacent to New Barrow Middle School
The Barrow Journal reports the city council voted unanimously to approve a $35,000 match to the $125,000 Georgia Department of Transportation grant.
The Statham City Council has unanimously approved an expenditure to match a Georgia Department of Transportation grant toward the cost of paving of a portion of Jefferson Street in anticipation of construction of a new middle school, according to an online post by the Barrow Journal.
Statham City Clerk Susan Gabriel said the council approved $35,000 from the city's SPLOST account to match the $125,000 DOT grant toward the total estimated cost of the project, which the Barrow Journal reports is $161,000.
The Barrow County School System broke ground on the planned middle school Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. The facility, set to be completed in April 2013, will include 58 classrooms and will be part of the Winder-Barrow cluster of schools. This project was originally slated to be built on Mulberry Road in 2008, but public sewer plans changed, requiring the school system to postpone the project. The board of education then purchased property in Statham.
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