The city may end up getting new streetlights in 1000 block of Roanoke Avenue by using leftover funds from the project in the 200 block and other resources.

Public Works Director Larry Chalker said following tonight’s city council work session there is currently $18,012 left over from the original project, which put new lights and sidewalks in the 200 block of the avenue.

The city would have to contribute about $7,049. Then there is about $3,995 left over in grant money from other projects in the county that were not done. There is also $2,500 in CVB funds, Chalker said.

He said the city should know by the end of the week whether the funding could be secured.

The lights have already been ordered, Chalker said. “Dominion Power has been waiting patiently until we make a decision.”

If the lights were installed they would be put in using a direct bore process that pushes the conduit under ground, Chalker said.

In another matter tonight council approved a resolution opposing the lifting of a ban on uranium mining in Virginia.

“The best available scientific information indicates that public health, social, environmental and economic impacts under the uranium mining ban outweigh expected benefits to residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the state of North Carolina from the mining and milling of uranium in the Roanoke River basin,” a resolution opposing lifting the ban says.

Council also honored firefighters Gordon Pearson, Matt Glenn and Al Cooke for helping a motorist involved in a wreck on October 7.

While the motorist, Alexa Hannon, was not injured, the firefighters took her to Hilton Garden Inn and made sure she was comfortable and safe, a resolution of commendation says. “Patrick Hannon, Alexa’s father, has expressed in a letter to the city manager his extreme gratitude to these gentlemen and indicated how fortunate the city is to have them.”