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Public Works committee approves organics drop-off, signal-pole purchases and tree grants
Summary
The Public Works committee approved a block of infrastructure and environmental items: an organics drop-off grant for Brooklyn Center, a contract for traffic-signal poles, multimodal safety funding on Cass County projects, Good Steward natural-resources grants and Healthy Tree Canopy grants across cities and nonprofits.
Hennepin County's Public Works committee approved a range of infrastructure and environment measures, including a $15,000 organics drop-off grant for Brooklyn Center, a contract to purchase traffic signal poles with an estimated county cost of roughly $2 million, several MnDOT and partner agreements for bridge and multimodal safety improvements, Good Steward natural-resource grants, and Healthy Tree Canopy grants totaling $332,731 in awards.
Organics and recycling: Ben Knudson of Environment and Energy said the $15,000 grant to the Hennepin Recycling Group will fund an organics drop-off site at Brooklyn Center City Hall, next to Centennial Park and the Crest Apartments, which house more…
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