‘Dark and dangerous’ Houston Levee getting glow-up
The Town of Collierville is in the process of installing new street lights on South Houston Levee Road. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The twinkling lights on Collierville Town Square are not the only thing glowing this season. South Houston Levee Road will soon be illuminated.
Streetlight installation is underway along Houston Levee Road between Winchester Road and Tenn. 385. For decades, that stretch of Houston Levee Road has been dim at night. Southbound drivers pass Sonic and their headlights are the only thing shining until met by Orgill on the east side of the road.
Nearly three years ago, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to install street lights. Now they are finally going up.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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