Tom Barton covers breaking news for The Island Packet. He is a Davenport, Iowa, native and 2007 graduate of Iowa State University. Before coming to the Island Packet he worked as a reporter at The Des Moines Register. He moved to Bluffton in July 2010. | 
Brian Heffernan covers the Town of Hilton Head Island for The Island Packet. He is a native of St. Louis, Missouri and a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. | The Town of Hilton Head will hold a public meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 23 in Palmetto Electric Cooperative’s Community Room, 111 Mathews Drive, to discuss the rehabilitation of Mingo Way, Electric Avenue, Cooperative Way and Thompson Street.
Town officials will discuss future on-street parking, as well as parking easements for the streets and Oak Park Drive.
Those unable to attend should contact Jennifer Lyle at jenniferl@hiltonheadisland.gov or 843-341-4779 for more information.
Lyle said the meeting is intended to gather input from property owners in the area about the location, character and extent of the proposed street work. The project includes replacing crushed gravel and deteriorating pavement with new asphalt or permeable pavers and installing drainage inlets.
The town purchased the streets from private interests three or four years ago as part of a larger initiative to improve the Mathews Drive area.
Lyle said staff plan to go before the town’s Planning Commission in May or June with a project proposal before seeking final approval from Town Council.