Haraln Kirgan
The Eunice Board of Aldermen will once again try to steer the state Department of Transportation and Development to overlay La. 91 — West Maple Avenue — from La. 13 to the west city limits.
Jack Burson, alderman at-large, said, “This will be about the fifth time I offer a resolution on this.”
Burson contrasted East Maple Avenue, which the city maintains, to West Maple Avenue.
“East Maple Avenue is in pretty good shape,” he said. “That part that we are talking about is in horrible shape.”
West Maple Avenue leads to LSUE, Eunice High School, businesses and residential areas, he said.
“I just want to know the reason why they can’t give us two miles of blacktop and fix it,” he said.
“I just don’t want them to forget about it,” Burson said. “I think if we just send another resolution out it can’t do any harm and it may serve as a reminder.”
The resolution will be on the agenda at the 6:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting of the mayor and Board of Aldermen at the Eunice Municipal Complex.
Added to the road resolution is a request for an update from DOTD about the completion of the bridge at West Maple Avenue and Bobcat Drive, which has been under construction since August 2016.
Other items placed on the agenda at a Thursday meeting include:
— Dec. 7 Eunice Kiwanis Club Christmas Parade reminder.
— Update on Circle Park playground equipment.
— Authorize Mayor Scott Fontenot to obtain bids for splash pad.
— Two show cause hearings for properties at 200 E. Oak Ave. and 251 E. Magnolia Ave.
— Authorize Vernon McManus, city attorney, to send a letter to the parish tax commission requesting it meet its requirements in a 1991 agreement to collect the city’s sales taxes.
Burson said the city is not receiving a list of business paying sales taxes that can checked with city records.
“We don’t know who is paying sales taxes in the city and who is not,” he said.