Motorists are now observing function start on the Hardy Street Improvements Job, an endeavor by the Town of Hattiesburg that is made to beautify the extend of Hardy Road from 34th Avenue to U.S. 49, near the University of Southern Mississippi. The initiative, which will increase pedestrian pathways and landscaping on the thoroughfare, commenced Nov. 1. “It’s genuinely a beautification of Hardy Avenue,” Town Engineer Lamar Rutland stated. “We’re landscaping the median islands, and we’re making advancements at all the crosswalks all through. “It’s a collaboration with several other entities in the Metropolis of Hattiesburg. So USM is the guide agency, then you have the (Hattiesburg) Convention Fee, the Area…