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Public Works Committee forwards four capital budget amendments, including American Parkway signal upgrades
Summary
Allentown’s Public Works Committee voted to send four capital-fund measures to the full City Council: $1.698 million for American Parkway traffic-signal upgrades, $350,000 for a Hamilton Street streetscape, $1.9 million for South Jefferson safety improvements (reimbursable), and $7,624.29 in reimbursements for tree plantings.
The Allentown Public Works Committee on Wednesday voted to forward four amendments to the city’s capital fund budget to the full City Council, officials said.
The committee approved moving $1,698,288.89 into a project to complete traffic-signal improvements along American Parkway and Basin Street from Susquehanna to Airport Road. "What we're doing this evening is moving 1,600,000 from capital improvement projects that were completed into the American Parkway capital improvement plan," said Mister Shehada, who described the transfer as necessary…
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