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Council weighs redirecting DHCD placemaking grant from bus shelters to safety-focused crosswalk at Star Center
Summary
City staff asked the council to support a request to DHCD to change a placemaking grant originally intended for two artistic bus shelters so the funding could instead pay for pedestrian-safety improvements at a busy school-to-Star Center crosswalk; council asked for committee review and offered mixed views on bus shelters versus crosswalk work.
City administration asked the Havre de Grace City Council to endorse a request to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to change the scope of a placemaking grant from two artistic bus shelters to pedestrian-safety work focused on the crosswalk leading from a school parking lot to the Star Center.
Doctor Ritchie said staff had discussed possible alternative projects with DHCD and that DHCD is open to considering a grant scope change if the city sends a formal letter of support from the council. "We reached out to DHCD to see if they'd be…
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