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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1989 1. Sidewalk and new curb-and-gutter adjacent to the building now owned and occupied by Larry & Alley Furniture Company; 2. Improved lighting along this section, using overhead wiring and cobra-type lights; 3. Widening of this section from its present width of 27 feet to a width of 34 feet; and 4. Installing electric conduit for future installation of decorative street lights, such as are now installed in other areas of the Central Business District. In addition, the Commission asked that consideration be given to designating this section of Clay Street as a one-way street, north from East Main Street to Green Street, with twenty-minute on-street parking to be provided on both sides of the section. The Commission also informed Council that property owners in the surrounding area are receptive to the recommended improvements; and, City Manager Brown informed Council that additional parking and improved traffic flow in this area are badly needed and that he supports the Commission's recommendation. By a communication dated January 26, 1989, the Martinsville Transportation Safety Commission urged that Council make every effort to provide funding necessary for the installations of traffic signals (estimated to cost $70,000 per installation, if State standards are met) at the intersections of Market Street and Bridge Street, Market Street and South Moss Street, and Market Street and Commonwealth Boulevard. The Commission also reported that Public Works Director Leon E. Towarnicki has included the cost of traffic signals for the intersection of Market Street and Commonwealth Boulevard in his 1989-90 budget requests and that both the Virginia Department of Transportation and the City Administration now agree (whereas the Department of Transportation initially, from its studies, did not foresee the need for these traffic signals