Another interesting mention from the end of last night’s Decatur City Commission meeting.

The City of Decatur is currently putting together a bid document to replace the many faux-brick crosswalks installed downtown five years ago, with new, more durable concrete ones.

This in and of itself is good news, since those crosswalks have not stood up well to the multitudes of cars passing over them everyday and have needed continuous repair and patching since they were first installed back in 2009.

But beyond just a more resilient replacement, Asst. City Manager David Junger also mentioned that the city is doing a “tandem art project” that would make the crosswalks more visible with “creative, colorful” designs.  Mr. Junger referenced a Fort Lauderdale crosswalk (see photo to the right) from the traffic calming work session presentation earlier in the evening.

After a question about feedback regarding the new parking meters around the city at t last night’s Decatur City Commission meeting, City Manager Peggy Merriss mentioned that in response to inquiries as to the fate of the old parking meters, the city will be selling some of them to the general public.

To quote Ms. Merriss “We’ve had a number of inquiries to what we’re going to do…I think these are going to be more conversation pieces.”

Are you planning to buy an old meter?

Maybe the city should hold off and they could be the “Little Free Libraries” of a new Decatur Parking Festival!

Photo courtesy of the City of Decatur website