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Calumet City Council approves design award and starts Burnham Avenue branding work
Summary
Council approved a bid award to design and install monument signs and moved forward on federally funded corridor planning for Burnham Avenue, Pulaski and Wentworth after presentations from city staff and engineers.
Calumet City leaders approved a contract award and accepted grant-funded planning work aimed at rebranding and redesigning Burnham Avenue and other corridors. The City Council voted to move forward with the design and installation of monument signs funded by a Rebuild Illinois grant and discussed larger, federally backed planning studies for Pulaski and Wentworth avenues.
City Engineer Ken Chastain told the council the city received $750,000 from the stateRebuild Illinois program and a separate Main Street grant of about $686,000 to begin Burnham Avenue improvements, including six monument signs and decorative banners along the corridor. He said the federal Surface Transportation Program provided $2.3 million for preliminary planning on Wentworth and that a $3 million federal grant would start planning…
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