Federal Grant To Help Cost Of Sidewalk Installation

City of Dubuque leaders are optimistic that the application of federal funding to offset costs for a sidewalk installation proposal will help overcome public opposition to the project. In what is now the fourth attempt to install sidewalks along John F. Kennedy Road, a project cost of over $350,000, Dubuque City Council members on Monday greenlighted the proposed costs that will be assessed against property owners for the installation of 4-foot-wide sidewalks along JFK from the Northwest Arterial to Asbury Road. The project affects 43 parcels. However, assessments have decreased by more than 50% since cost figures were presented this summer thanks to the award of a $190,000 U.S. Department of Transportation grant. Now, a net sum of just over $80,000 will be assessed against respective property owners.