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City presents $28M South Mill grant, street and parks priorities in capital-improvement update
Summary
City staff briefed the council on a range of capital-improvement projects including a $22 million grant award for South Mill Street (total project ~$28 million), phased Corporate Drive construction, neighborhood street programs, and preliminary design work on a boardwalk at Heritage Prairie pending U.S. Army Corps approval.
City staff presented a multi-year capital-improvement program update to the Louisville City Council on Sept. 9, detailing grant-funded transportation work, neighborhood street projects and park amenities expected over the next several years.
The most immediate funding news was a grant award for the South Mill Street project. City Engineer David Salmond told council staff had applied for a transportation block grant and was awarded $22,000,000; with the regional Council of Governments and FHWA approvals still pending, the full project is estimated at about $28,000,000. Salmond said the Texas Department of Transportation has agreed to provide transportation development credits for the city's 20% match, meaning “very little local money” should be required if the grant acceptance is finalized.
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