COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Construction has started on 5th Street North near Downtown Columbus.

The city’s goal is to make the area more pedestrian friendly.

One problem in the area is speed.

“We’re trying to basically pull in the curbs to slow traffic down. Speed limit out here is 30 miles an hour, and we’ve found times and times again, people are going 40 miles an hour plus,” said Columbus City Engineer Kevin Stafford.

Safety cones and barrels are laid out down the road — giving drivers a preview of what’s to come.

The project begins near the intersection of 5th Street North and 5th Avenue north and will end near the intersection of Highway 45 and 9th Avenue North — roughly from the old Magnolia Bowl to the new Magg Dispensary.

Burns Dirt is the lead contractor.

Installing sidewalks

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