City updates residents on capital projects Upcoming

A new sidewalk, a water line relocation and a rough railroad crossing are among the capital project updates recently posted on Ball Ground’s city website.

The fifinal sidewalk project of 2020 has been taking place on Old Canton Road behind Cit y Hall, according to the “Greetings from the City Manager” column by Eric Wilmarth. The work fifills a sidewalk gap between Beck and Depot streets.

The city’s contractor for the A. W. Roberts Drive water line relocation is to start work at the beginning of the new year. “Once the relocation is done, it will allow extensive road repair by the state to permanently fifix one of the worst roadways in the city,” Wilmarth said.

Improvements are scheduled for July, 2021, for the Depot Street rail crossing. “As always, the railroad expects the cit y to pay a large portion of the improvements, and we are willing to do that,” Wilmarth said.

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■ Free Drive- Through Food Pantry. Sponsors are Gwinnett County Public Library and Atlanta Community Food Bank. Food will be distributed by 10 a. m. on a fifirstcome, fifirst- served basis, with one package per family. Each package will contain up to 20 pounds of produce in addition to shelf- stable items. Volunteers will bring food to cars. gwinnettpl. org/ news/ drive- through- food- distribution

Today and Jan. 19 — 10 a. m. ( until supplies run out) Norcross Branch, 6025 Buford Highway, Norcross

Jan. 12 and 26 — 10 a. m. ( until supplies run out) Dacula Branch, 265 Dacula Road, Dacula

■ Online Author Talk by historian Mike Bunn. 3- 4 p. m. Sunday. Register: gwinnettpl. libnet. info/ event/ 4744542