Westland awarded grant funds
The City of Westland has been awarded a $306,223 grant from the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) and a $2 million federal grant.
The SEMCOG grant, from the Transportation Alternatives Program of the association was awarded at the Jan. 20 meeting of the Westland City Council. The funding will be used to install a 5-foot-wide sidewalk on the north side of Marquette Avenue and a pedestrian signal and intersection safety upgrades at Newburgh and Marquette roads.
"Hundreds of thousands of people travel down the Newburgh corridor every year," said Mayor Kevin Coleman. "This money will go towards making it a safer place for people who are walking through our city, driving through our city, people on bicycles. With John Glenn High School in close proximity to that intersection, it was a priority for us and our Safe Streets for All Plan," he added.
Coleman said the city was awarded an additional $2 million in Community Project Funding from the federal government last week in support of the 2026 Fire Station #4 project bringing the grant funding of the project to $5.5 million. The $6 million project will include the construction of a fire station in southwest Westland replacing the current Newburgh/Palmer station and the purchase of a new fire engine, he said.
