Halstead City Council authorized city staff to sign paperwork and send $136,000 to the Kansas Department of Transportation for the city’s portion of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) improvement project. The amount represents the city’s 20 percent match for the grant originally awarded by KDOT in July 2022. Anticipated costs for construction engineering, construction, and inspection costs per the accepted bids on the project are $678,227. City Manager Ethan Reimer said the next step will be to meet with the contractor and get anticipated construction dates. He said it will mostly be five-foot-wide sidewalks running on the north side of Sixth Street from Spruce to West and on Chestnut from the United Methodist Church south to Tenth Street. Also included in the project is changing Sixth Street from four lanes to two dedicated bike lanes, a middle turn lane, and two driving lanes. Crosswalks will be updated with signage. The crosswalks in front of the high school will be moved to Santa Fe, based on the traffic patterns of kids, according to Reimer.
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