COLUMBIA, MO. -- UPDATE Tuesday 9:00 a.m.:
The Columbia City Council has revisited the debate over whether to eliminate the pedestration bridge over Providence Road.
The construction design plan, which calls for removing the span near Douglass High School and replacing it with a crosswalk and median, was approved Monday night, but the council still has to give the official go ahead.
The project would be financed with $300,000 from a city transportation fund.
Also Monday night, Council members approved a measure that would give the Columbia Police Department two license plate readers from the Boone County Sheriff's Department.
Police officers would mount scanning cameras on their squad cars.
The cameras would use laptop computers to take pictures of license plates on passing cars and other vehicles.
The computers automatically alert officers to any crimes associated with the owner of the plates.
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Columbia city council members are scheduled to discuss two tabled issues at their meeting Monday night.
City leaders plan to take another look at the possibility of tearing down a pedestrian bridge on Providence Road near Douglass High School.
The $300,000 project would replace the bridge with a new crosswalk and median. GetAbout Columbia non-motorized transportation funds would pay for the project.
The council is scheduled to vote on the fate of the bridge after they hold a public hearing.
Council members will also take a second look at accepting two license plate readers from the Boone County Sheriff’s Department.
Columbia police officers would mount scanning cameras on their squad cars.
The cameras would use a laptop computer to automatically take pictures of license plates on passing cars and other vehicles.
The computer automatically alarms officers of any crimes associated with the owner of the plates.
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