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Huntsville council accepts $20 million federal grant for downtown park, flood mitigation and pedestrian bridges
Summary
The Huntsville City Council voted to accept a $20 million federal RAISE/BUILD grant to construct a downtown linear park and flood‑mitigation project that includes channel widening, greenways, stream restoration and three pedestrian bridges; staff said the grant is construction‑only and must be used as proposed.
HUNTSVILLE — The City of Huntsville will move forward with a multi‑year downtown park and flood mitigation project after the City Council on Oct. 9 voted to accept a $20 million federal construction grant.
Director Shane Davis, who leads the city's urban economic development team, told the council the project grew from earlier flood mitigation work and now includes nearly 9,000 feet of channel improvements, about 1.3 miles of new greenways, 11 acres of downtown linear park space, replacement of an aging railroad trestle and three precast pedestrian bridges that will provide multimodal connections between neighborhoods, the Von Braun Center and the medical district.
Davis said…
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