CITY TO GET FUNDING FOR POTENTIAL CENTER STREET ROUNDABOUT

The New Ulm City Council is set to receive funding to cver 65% of costs conneced to safety improvements along Center Street.  The improvements include roundabouts at Garden and Payne Streets.  City engineer Joe Stadheim submitted a grant application for MnDOT for the Center Street Project which is being planned jointly with Brown County.  Stadheim received a letter in April confirming the city would be awarded $4.32-million in federal funding.  Project cost is $6.7-million.  At this point, the project is scheduled to start in 2030.