Safeguards and measures put in place to prevent damage caused during the August, 2012 flood have worked thus far after between 4 ½ to 6 inches of rain fell in the city in the last 24 hours, Roanoke Rapids officials said.
Donations for a skateboard and BMX park at T.J. Davis Recreation Center are quickly approaching $25,000, Parks and Recreation Director John Simeon told city council this evening.
The city has spent $22,800 during the three snows that have fallen this winter.
The city's Public Works Department will investigate complaints of erosion in the Marshall and Carolina streets area lodged by a citizen at this evening's council meeting.
Garner's Nursery is in its second week of trimming holly trees on Roanoke Avenue.
The city, with some help from a C.D. Williams crane today, popped a cap — on top of a pipe in Rochelle Pond to prevent flooding.
