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Upgrades planned in Coulee Dam

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The Coulee Dam Town Council voted Aug. 14 to accept one grant and apply for another from the state’s Transportation Improvement Board totalling nearly $900,000 for street and sidewalk repairs.

The agency granted $120,000 for new sidewalks on Ferry Avenue, rather than a slightly lesser amount sought by the town, and required no matching funds.

The application included a letter bearing the signatures of 74 citizens contacted by Councilmember Fred Netzel.

Across town, the “worst street in town” could get a remake at a cost of $734,670, none of it from the town, if it gets a grant from TIB.

City Superintendent Mike Steffens told the council the TIB considered Sixth Street, the concrete foundations of which are failing, to be the worst street in town.

Its south side borders the commercial district that includes Harvest Foods, the casino and more.

Its 50-plus-year-old surface would be stripped down to the concrete, which will be overlaid with a fresh 3-inch asphalt surface from Tulip Street to Aspen Street.

Also included in the grant would be new ramps compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and some new curbing.

This article has been updated to reflect that the Sixth Street project grant was applied for, not yet accepted.

 

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