Downtown Belleville streetscape plan up for vote in August

Thursday, July 10, 2008 | Source: metromode
Improving the aesthetics of downtown is the question of the summer in Belleville. Residents of the Wayne County suburb will vote on Aug. 5 on a $5.8 million proposal to completely gut and rebuild the infrastructure and streetscape of downtown.

Belleville's Downtown Development Authority wants to tear up its Main Street and put in new water mains, concrete streets, brick paver sidewalks, trees, decorative lighting and fancy fencing. That seven-block area under construction would stretch down Main between Huron River Drive and Lake bridge, along with South Street up until the railroad tracks.

Downtown has been is disrepair for a number of years, especially Main Street. One DDA official puts it plainly that "Main Street needs to be a better road" to help attract people and businesses.

Source: Carol Thompson, administrator for the Belleville Downtown Development Authority
Writer: Jon Zemke
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