MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. — Monday morning Congresswoman Hillary Scholten was at Rowan City Park in Muskegon Heights to announce what she calls a "major" federal investment that she secured for the community.
The funding will go towards a part of the city where residents have long been hoping to see improvements.
$500,000 will go towards improving a stretch of Broadway Avenue, from Glade to Getty Street. The funding is planned to go toward the installment of new bike lanes, sidewalks, landscaping and more.
Muskegon Heights Mayor Bonnie McGlothin said the funding brings the city one step closer to reaching new "heights."
"I just don't have the words for it. But the people of Muskegon Heights are very happy and fortunate to get that grant," said McGlothin.
In May, city leaders held a meeting with Metro Consulting Associates to discuss plans for the Broadway Street Project. At that meeting, they said that with all the improvements they hope to make the project will be broken up into three phases.
At that May meeting they also said they were expecting/estimating to receive $10-12 million for the project from the state legislature and the city.
"We're trying to get this to be part of all the other municipalities around the county, so that people will come visit us as a city, and the residents here just be happy that things are starting to improve, and then we will get there. We'll get there," said McGlothin on Monday.
The project is still in the early planning stages and is expected to take a few years to complete.
McGlothin said once the roads are repaired she hopes to move on to improve housing for the community.
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