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Staunton council allocates local funds to back $8.9 million BUILD grant for Uniontown infrastructure
Summary
Staunton City Council voted unanimously to set aside existing CIP reserves from water, sewer and the Uniontown account to serve as the citys cost share if a U.S. DOT BUILD grant of $8.9 million is awarded for Uniontown reconstruction, water and sewer replacement, and a pedestrian bridge.
Staunton City Council on Feb. 27 voted to allocate existing city funds as the local cost share for a U.S. Department of Transportation BUILD grant application that requests $8.9 million to rebuild streets and utilities in the Uniontown neighborhood.
Amanda Kaufman, assistant city manager, said the application requests $8,900,000 and covers a package of work including complete reconstruction of National Avenue south of the railroad, a new pedestrian-and-bicycle bridge at National, repaving of multiple neighborhood streets and a comprehensive water and sanitary sewer replacement. "We submitted our application with an $8,900,000 request in late January," Kaufman said.
The council approved a motion to allocate funds already identified in the city's five-year capital improvement plan: $1,898,002.63 from the water fund balance, $1,000,003.01 from the sanitary sewer fund balance and $500,000 from the Uniontown reserve. Councilor Vice Mayor…
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