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Grant award will launch study into linking 21st Street

Coal of project is to promote housing development in Sundance

A newly awarded grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will launch a study into a potential project that would link the two ends of 21st Street and, in the process, connect the north and south sides of the city.

Through this project the Sundance Economic Development Committee (SEDC) hopes to encourage more housing development within the city. It was given the blessing of the City of Sundance for the sake of both economic opportunity and additional potential benefits.

For example, the project could relieve traffic on Hwy 585 and in front of the schools, provide an alternate...