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City roads manager asks Bluff to consider $1.1M Old Highway road-improvement project under CDBG
Summary
An online commenter identified as Michael, a city roads manager, asked the Town of Bluff to consider applying for CDBG funds to rebuild the Old Highway corridor (Navajo Twin Drive to 4th Street East). He cited a Jones and DeMille Engineering estimate of approximately $1,100,000 and said the design would accommodate vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles.
Michael, who identified himself as the city roads manager during the Town of Bluff’s CDBG public hearing, proposed that the town seek CDBG funding for an ‘old highway improvement project.’ He described the corridor as running from Navajo Twin Drive, along 7th Street East and Black Locust to 4th Street East, and said the route was originally the Hills Highway.
Michael cited an engineering budget estimate from Jones and DeMille Engineering of “approximately $1,100,000,” and described the planned surface as wide enough to accommodate vehicles as well as pedestrian and bicycle transportation. He said he was “hoping to find funding” from the CDBG applicant pool for the coming program year.
Town staff thanked Michael for the suggestion during the hearing. No application decisions or formal commitments to submit the project were made at the public hearing; the hearing closed by unanimous consent at 3:37 p.m.
If pursued as a CDBG-eligible project, the Old Highway proposal would fall under the program’s examples for street improvements and public works; however, eligibility and final funding decisions will depend on the town’s application materials and any regional selection process administered by SIRDA.
