City of Bloomington issued the following announcement on July 18.
The City of Bloomington has applied for $5.3M of federal BUILD grant funding to construct the final portion of the Hamilton Rd. corridor, a priority east-west link in south Bloomington, including a part of Constitution Trail and pedestrian gates at a new grade crossing in the area. The total construction cost is estimated at just under $7.8M.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program, formerly known as the TIGER grant program, has provided a combined $7.1B to 554 projects since 2009.
“There has been strong community support for this project for years, and we’re excited to apply for this funding as a means to finally complete it. We believe we’ve put together a very strong application, and I want to express my sincere appreciation to City staff as well as our Transportation Policy Consultant, Ann Schneider, for their hard work on this” says City Manager Tim Gleason. “We look forward to the federal government’s awards announcement later this year.”
The Department of Transportation must make awards by November 12, 2019.
The City has made extensive project information available, including the entire grant application, online at www.BUILDingBloomington.com.
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