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Elgin wins $60,000 GM on Main grant to fund pedestrian crosswalk and downtown programming
Summary
City officials said a $60,000 GM on Main grant will fund a designed pedestrian crosswalk to improve safety between Elgin’s old and new parks, with a community workshop planned and a required completion deadline of Nov. 30.
Elgin has been awarded a $60,000 GM on Main grant to design a pedestrian crosswalk and related pedestrian-safety work connecting the city’s older park and a new park, city officials said on the City of Elgin’s 78620/78621 Live podcast. Christina Alvarez, Main Street manager, described the project as both a pedestrian-safety effort and an attempt “to kind of unify 2 formerly segregated parts of town.”
The grant-funded project matters because residents and business owners reported children running between the two parks across a busy area, creating safety concerns. "We had been getting some reports from businesses, seeing children dart from the old park…
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