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Monroe County delays $45,000 planning grant application for proposed Waterloo footbridge until municipal backing secured
Summary
County commissioners debated a $45,000 SEMCOG planning grant for a proposed pedestrian bridge linking Waterloo Park and the North Custer trail and ultimately tabled the application until local municipalities provide formal political and financial support.
Monroe County commissioners on May 21 debated whether to apply for a $45,000 fiscal-year-2025 Planning Assistance Program grant from the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) to fund a feasibility study for a proposed pedestrian bridge connecting Waterloo Park to the North Custer trail.
The county’s community planning and engagement director, Jason Berry, told commissioners the study would test whether a bridge is physically and financially feasible, noting the county’s parks-and-recreation plan lists the crossing as a suggested future project and that about 24,000 residents live within two miles of the proposed location. “This is a pedestrian bridge, only,” Berry said, adding the study…
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