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Shorewood committee votes 2-1 to direct staff to use modified 2024 July 4 parade route
Summary
After debate over safety, cost and community inclusion, the Community and Business Relations Committee voted 2-1 to direct staff to proceed with the modified 2024 parade route for the July 4 event and related activities.
The Community and Business Relations Committee voted 2-1 to direct staff to proceed with the modified 2024 July 4 parade route for the village’s 2025 celebration.
The committee’s recommendation followed staff briefing on safety plans and cost comparisons and more than an hour of trustee discussion about inclusion, safety and expense. Assistant Village Manager Anderson presented two security/traffic-control scenarios and the associated costs.
Anderson said the scenario that kept Jersey barriers in place was “gonna be $39,355,” and that a modular vehicle-barrier rental option would carry a $34,000 rental cost; Anderson also said “in either scenario, we would still need additional class 3 barricades as well as roll up signage, and digital message board rental and private armed security if we went back…
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