PATTERSON — Parish President David Hanagriff played Santa at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, delivering a check that will be used to fix Patterson streets.
Hanagriff presented the council with a check for $550,000, the city’s share of a parish bond issue devoted to road improvements. The parish shared 25% of the proceeds with municipalities last year. Because project bids have come in lower than expected, the parish government increased the cities’ share to 30% this year, Hanagriff said.
The money will be used largely to overlay streets with asphalt. One street, Hurst, would require more extensive work because of work on a ...