Tonight, the Jordan City Council entered into an agreement with Xcel Energy for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of 14 new streetlights along Highway 282.

The city will pay $116,568 to go with a new style of streetlight, according to the agreement, which passed 5-0. Councilmembers David Hanson and Barry Ullmann were absent from the meeting. Xcel will maintain the streetlights for 25 years, City Engineer Carol Caron said.

Several members of the Jordan City Council have suggested that traffic needs to be deterred from using Highway 282 as a route through Jordan. In a meeting earlier tonight, they did so again.

Here's what Jordan City Councilmember Mike Shaw says about the proposal for the city to build an extra left-turn lane on Highway 282 near St. John the Baptist Catholic Church:

Here's what Jeremy Goebel, a member of the Jordan City Council, says about negotiating with his church, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, to buy church land for a highway-widening project:

Here's what Jordan Mayor Ron Jabs said tonight about the road-widening project proposed for the intersection of highways 21 and 282:

A press release from the office of State Rep. Loren Solberg, DFL-Grand Rapids:

The Mill Pond and Highway 282 projects are on the agenda for a Jordan City Council meeting that starts at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the city hall.