Glen Lake Receives Safe Routes to School Grant
The $358,000 grant will build sidewalks and promote walking and biking to school.
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State schools nab $3.8M windfall for sidewalks
Hopkins received funding this year for a Glen Lake Elementary sidewalk.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Complete Streets: Sharing the Road
Hopkins aims for streets that everyone can use.
Conjure up an image of the perfect local street. That perfect street almost certainly has smoothly flowing traffic. Perhaps it also has generous sidewalks, space for cyclists and accessible public transportation. Maybe it even has green space, shops and other quality-of-life features. The perfect street—you might say—is complete. Across the country, communities are moving toward so-called “complete streets.” Hopkins is getting in on that movement for itself with upcoming road projects and a comprehensive sidewalk plan. The city is already the third most-walkable community in Minnesota, behind only Minneapolis and St. Paul, according to Walk Score. But complete streets is about more than just pedestrians. It’s about building streets that …
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(MAP) Complete Streets: What Are The Possibilities?
A look at ideas under consideration for Hopkins roads.
After debate this year about sidewalk priorities, Hopkins started putting together a comprehensive sidewalk plan that will guide future development. The Zoning and Planning Commission kicked off the process last month by identifying corridors most in need of sidewalks and other complete-streets features. City Engineer John Bradford will discuss ideas with the Park Board in July. Hopkins will then host three public meetings in August and September before bringing a draft to back to Zoning and Planning, the Park Board and the City Council for final approval in September and October. Hopkins will welcome public input throughout the process. But with the planning just getting started, Bradford sat down with Hopkins Patch to discuss some of the…
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