LAKE COMO — Mayor Kevin Higgins, at the Tuesday night council meeting, said he has gotten an update that the borough engineer opened bids on a transportation grant [that was received over a year ago] for a project on Margerum Avenue.
“The lowest bid was about $20,000 over our bid threshold, so we will go back into the process of going back to the DOT to see if we can get the $20,00 added to the grant. If not, we will look into other ways of funding that $20,000,” the mayor said.
As part of the state transportation grants, the borough is looking into applying for two grants concurrently to continue unfinished road work throughout the borough.
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The first would be for the numbered blocks on the west side of Main Street, and the second grant would encompass roads off of Eighteenth Avenue, including dead-end streets.
Mayor Higgins also said he was notified that the town has recently received a local recreation improvement grant of $71,000 which will assist in the enhancement of Behrman Park. He said that project “has been a goal of mine and the council for some time now.”
It was also announced that the 2023 municipal budget hearing will be on Wednesday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m.
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