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City staff seek grants for river crossing, trail connections and resurfacing; some projects need local matches
Summary
Hamilton engineering staff presented four grant applications May 14 seeking funding for North Hamilton river crossing and roundabouts, a BeltLine–Great Miami River Trail connection, Park Avenue resurfacing, and a congressional discretionary request; estimated local match requirements range from none to 25%.
Alan Messer, Hamilton’s director of engineering, briefed the council on four grant applications the city planned to submit, describing project scopes, preliminary cost estimates and local-match requirements. Messer said the applications include:
- North Hamilton Crossing and related traffic improvements, including a proposed roundabout at the south river approach and a right-in/right-out at Gordon Avenue. Messer gave a preliminary cost estimate of about $4,000,000 and said a 25% local match would be required (roughly $1,000,000 if the estimate holds).
- A pedestrian/bicycle connection…
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