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Wyoming Business Council urges investment to reverse decline; Albany County approves Safe Streets consultant RFP
Summary
Josh Durell of the Wyoming Business Council told Albany County commissioners that stagnant employment, wage declines and youth out-migration require proactive investment. Commissioners approved advertising an RFP for a countywide Safe Streets consultant tied to a roughly $1.1 million grant.
LARAMIE — The Albany County Board of Commissioners on Monday approved staff requests to advertise a request for qualifications for a consultant to develop a countywide Safe Streets safety action plan, and heard a wide-ranging presentation from the Wyoming Business Council arguing the state must invest now to reverse slow growth.
County staff said the grant supporting the Safe Streets planning process is about $1.1 million, the total project cost is roughly $1.4 million, and the project will include city streets, county roads and state highways within the county. "This will include Highway 130 through Centennial up to the county line," a staff presenter said during…
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