By Greg Halbleib
BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington is looking for federal help to fix two major streets.
City Manager David Hales tells WJBC’s Scott Laughlin that Bloomington has applied for a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to resurface Main and Center streets, but the city has plenty of company.
“There’s only $500 million they’re going to disburse in the next few months,” Hales told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin. “However, there was over $9.3 billion in requests from 585 applications.”
Hales says the federal TIGER grant help is sought to partly to repair some repairs.
“IDOT did some resurfacing and within a year it was falling apart with potholes, a real botched job,” said Hales. “It appeared it may have been too thin of an overlay.”
Hales says final word on the grants is expected before fall.
Greg Halbleib can be reached at greg@wjbc.com.
