Commissioner cleans up roadsides

Clarksville Times Photo by Lou Antonelli A tractor hauls the blade vertically and trims along the right of way on Taylor Street Monday morning.

By LOU ANTONELLIManaging Editor Residents in the southwest corner of Clarksville have been hearing loud buzzing sounds on the breeze for the past few weeks. That’s because Precinct 3 Commissioner Jeff Moore has been using his public works equipment to trim tree limbs and branches overhanging roads and sidewalks. The City of Clarksville, always struggling to keep up with clean up efforts, got a great boost from Moore when he recently volunteered to have his employees to the trimming in the parts of the city in his precinct. That includes the southwest and northeast parts of the city, which are connected on the map by a strip running through downtown and including the square. Mayor Ann Rushing says the city is grateful Moore volunteered to help. "This has been a great benefit to us,” she said. Moore is using a mower blade on a boom which can be elevated at any angle. It’s usually used to clear out ditches. The city has agreed to do the clean-up, following after his cutting with a backhoe to scrape up the limbs and branches. By mid-week Moore was planning to trim along Donohoo, which may require lanes be blocked for a while..