(KLZA)--Following a public hearing drawing no public comment Monday evening the Falls City Council approved the 1 and 6 Year Street Improvement Plan as submitted by Craig Reinsch with the Olsson Company.

Reinsch explained having the annual plan allows the City to collect state funds for road projects from the state,  usually in an amount of $517-thousand. 

The One Year Plan calls for the expenditure of $326-thousand to build 33rd Street from Old Highway 73 east to an intersection with Highway 73. Private funding will be used for the project.

$337-thousand is planned to extend Abbott Street from 28th Street north to 31st Street.

$93-thousand is planned for creation of Sahmrock Circle from Abbott Street and the same amount for creation of Tiger Trail from Abbott Street.

Another $225-thousand is earmarked for milling and an overlay of a private road from Highway 73 east approximately 1,100 feet to Fulton Street.  

Council member Mitch Merz asked Reinsch about having a traffic study conducted in Falls City, which he feels would help the Council when people request STOP signs and speed limit changes. 

Merz also noted the study might help with getting a change made to the speed limit on Highway 73 on the  north edge of Falls City. Merz said the 65 mile per hour speed limit for about half-a-mile inside the city limits has been a deterrent to some businesses potentially locating on the north edge of town. 

The long range plan calls for a nearly $1.3-million project to concrete 21st Street from Fair Avenue eastward and then north on Business Parkway to the airport.