Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 27, 1994                   TAG: 9401270074
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley Bureau
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                 LENGTH: Short

BLACKSBURG COUNCIL PASSES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

The plan, which council held a public hearing on two weeks ago, calls for $2.78 million in capital improvements during the next fiscal year.

Projects in the plan will be funded by a combination of state, federal and local money, including the sale of $2.1 million in general obligation bonds scheduled for this summer. Among other things, the plan includes:

$279,000 for building recreation facilities at the new elementary school on Prices Fork Road.

$367,000 for street repaving and improvements.

$150,000 for a new building at the municipal golf course.

$70,000 to replace the gym floor at the community center.

$176,000 for sewer pump station replacement.