A downtown Columbia parking garage that has had at least eight suicides will be receiving steel window coverings this fall. Columbia’s city council voted in March to approve the $504,000 installation of side window panels at the Fifth and Walnut garage. It’s downtown’s tallest parking garage. Public Works spokesman John Ogan tells 939 the Eagle …
Expect delays again Friday at Columbia’s Providence and Vandiver intersection
Repairs are underway on the traffic signals at Providence and Vandiver in north Columbia. That’s just north of I-70. Public Works crews responded to a traffic light malfunction on Thursday morning, so they decided to work to fix the damaged traffic signal pole at the same location. Public Works spokesman John Ogan tells 939 the …
UPDATE: Warming temperatures in Columbia expected to activate road salt
Columbia Public Works crews are continuing to work around the clock to keep priority roads passable and to reach as many residential roads as possible. Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan tells 939 the Eagle that temperatures are now about 32 degrees, which is positive. He says sunshine and warming temperatures should help to active …