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Rebuild Alabama funds road enhancements Rebuild Alabama is funding an additional $900,000 in “We know we added at least 50 years to the life of the maintenance for Tallapoosa County roads. bridge,” Moore said. “It was needed. We have a couple of other “We are very thankful for Rebuild Alabama funding bridges that need it, and we are applying for grants for those.” because it is getting us ahead at least twice the rate,” Another grant will see the widening and resurfacing of David Moore, Tallapoosa County Road 34 East between County engineer, said. “The U.S. Highway 280 and Highway commission is doing all it can 49 this winter and next spring. with the funds it has, including Projects on the radar include using discretionary funds.” Overlook Road and County None of the funding for Road 34 West, and requests for roads includes all-out new additional funding have been paving, as that costs above made for them. $1 million per mile. Instead, Moore said the county is Tallapoosa County chooses constantly looking for and pavement preservation projects applying for grants to allow that include patching, leveling even more road work. Moore and surface treatments of said just because a road is in paved roads to stretch funding poor shape does not mean it as far as possible. gets to the top of the repair list Pavement preservation at the moment. Roads of Change The funds donated by Rebuild Alabama allowed for projects for fiscal year 2022 “Once we get the higherwork to be completed on Germany's Ferry Road that traffic volume roads done, we include portions or all of Washington Street, Elkahatchee will add at least 50 years of life to the bridge. will branch down to lower Road, Pearson Chapel Road, traffic roads and improve those Goodwater Road, Germany’s Ferry Road, Concord Road, as well,” Moore said. “Higher traffic roads are a priority with South Tallassee Drive and Gammils Store Road. county Rebuild Alabama funds. Tallapoosa County has done Grants through Rebuild Alabama are making larger a great job with the resources it has had and spreading it as far projects come to life. The bridge at Germany’s Ferry as it could.” was cleaned and primed, and all of the substructure and ~ Cliff Williams superstructure steel was painted.
Businesses are Booming in Dadeville Lake Martin-Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce confirmed 13 grand openings this year and 30 new chamber members. Chamber president Peggy Bullard said, “We’ve done more ribbon cuttings in this little town than we’ve ever done.” She added there were several more to go.
New ventures just within the courthouse square include the Miller Hotel building, shuttered since the 1980s, which is being renovated into a restaurant, bed and breakfast and snack bar. Dadeville Performing Arts Center is moving in next door. Dadeville High School graduate Raven Tolbert has opened a dance studio on the corner, and smoothie shop Tallapoosa Nutrition celebrated the grand opening of its new location Friday. A yarn shop is moving into the old one. “With all of those, you’re hearing opening,” Mitzy Hidding, owner of Zazu’s Verandah, said. “You’re not hearing so-and-so is closing. It’s fantastic.” “We’re inviting all these new businesses into Dadeville,” she said. “And we’re welcoming them, and if they want to turn around and join the chamber, we would accept them. But Dadeville is growing. Dadeville is growing so fast right now, it’s hard for us to keep Revamping History up with them.” The MIller Hotel is being ~ Siri Hedreen renovated and turned into a restuarant.
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