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City outlines major street and park projects that will delay some plantings until 2027–28
Summary
City public-works staff (speaker in meeting) presented multiple projects — including West Sugar Street CDBG reconstruction, State Route 13 realignment, Memorial Park softball-field overhaul, and West Gambier sidewalk work — and described how demolition, grading, and utility work will postpone many tree plantings and require coordinated replanting plans.
Speaker 5 (Unidentified speaker) presented a multi-project overview of the city's construction season and noted several projects will limit or postpone tree-planting opportunities this year.
On CDBG-funded work, Speaker 5 described the West Sugar Street project (Riverside Park Neighborhood Revitalization Grant) to reconstruct roughly three to four blocks between Riverside Park and Adams Street. The plan would widen the street from about 20 feet to 30 feet with curb and gutter and create an 8-foot tree lawn that would provide substantial new space for future plantings.
Burgess and Hamtramck Street work was described as offering more limited planting opportunities; where tree lawns are narrow, staff plans to push sidewalks to the…
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