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Bridgeport council authorizes Front Street pocket park grant application, awards paving contract and approves demolition and FEMA payments
Summary
At its March 11 meeting the Bridgeport Borough Council authorized a grant application for a planned Front Street pocket park, accepted a notice of award for a 2025 street paving contract, approved a curb cut and several demolition payments, and approved a FEMA payment for a hazardous‑mitigation demolition.
Bridgeport Borough Council on March 11 authorized an application to the Montco 2040 grant program for the Front Street Pocket Park project, approved a notice of award for a 2025 street‑paving contract, and signed off on a series of demolition and FEMA payments.
The council voted to authorize an application to the Montco 2040 program seeking up to $200,000 to build a 10,500‑square‑foot pocket park at the corner of Front and Depot streets on the parcels formerly numbered 1 through 9 Front Street. "This is the same project that we have already applied for funding for...we received $200,000 from [the 2024] block grant funding," said Mr. Truman, a borough staff member, describing prior Community Development Block Grant funding and the new Montco application.
The vote to authorize the application passed after a motion and second; the council did not record a roll‑call tally in the transcript beyond the ayes and the…
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