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So this is, you know, in years past, I guess the last couple years it's been the RAISE grant and it’s gone back to be called the BUILD grant now. The RAISE grant was the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability Equity, and this administration has gone back to BUILD, which is Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development. And I think the last couple of years, the application has been for trails that would connect Brookland and Paragould and here. And after we got the notice of funding opportunity, it was released, I believe, 5 o'clock the day before Thanksgiving is when that came out. And when we got that, and we read through that application, I mean, the first thing that stood out was that nowhere in that notice was the word trails. And so it’s definitely a shift in priorities. There was an emphasis on vehicular capacity, building vehicle capacity, and things like that. And so we, and also in being able to tie in to existing investments or maybe even completing a project. So we started looking for something that we could tie into larger investments. And, then also, where there was a need, especially to help with traffic and then also with pedestrians with them being able to be out of the flow of traffic. And so that's how we came up with this intersection there at Race and Caraway, which leads to the new Ridge Complex. So we've got this investment that the city is making there, making a large investment there. There's a lot of traffic that goes through that intersection. And so when you're going to have events there and you're going to have tournaments and all those things, it's going to just increase that traffic. And so being able to put work into that intersection, you know, to help that and then also the pedestrian accommodations, and then being able to take it over I-555, which we talked with the Highway Department, the Department of Transportation, about being able to do pedestrian accommodations across the overpass and then connect with South Caraway, and that allows us to connect it with the investments the city's making in South Caraway. So there's an investment of $5.5 million or so with South Caraway, and then we're going to connect that to North Caraway, over the overpass, to this intersection there at Race and Caraway, and have pedestrian accommodations. And so that just allows us to, we're making an investment. The city's making an investment in this complex and also in South Caraway. The state is making an investment in the things that they are doing on I-555. And so we can tag onto that to try and strengthen our application to be able to get this grant. And, you know, we think it's a, I mean, it's taken a lot of work in the last couple months to try and figure out, you know, it was kind of like nailing Jello to the wall, as our grant writer Mark said a few times as we were working through this process and Craig and his department really helped us get the information we need to be able to... We think we were able to put together a strong proposal, strong application, that reflects the priorities of the current Department of Transportation. So that's what we went for. \r\n\r\nChairman Joe Hafner said, thanks for all your work on this. Mr. Richey said, sure. Chairman Hafner continued, it'd be great to get it. Councilmember David McClain said, just wanted to make sure I'm understanding, and I'm looking at it correct. Can you email us this diagram? Mr. Richey said, I think so, yeah. Councilmember McClain continued, okay, just so I can see. Mr. Richey said, now, north is going to be… Councilmember McClain said, north is to the right. Mr. Richey continued, yeah, north will be to your right. Councilmember McClain said, and then to the left, I'll see all the red lines. Mr. Richey said, yes. Councilmember McClain continued, are those, explain to me, is that sidewalk, side path? Mr. Richey asked,  which one is side path? Councilmember McClain said, the red from what I see. Blue is sidewalk. Mr. Richey said, the red is the side path, yeah. Councilmember McClain said, now I can see it. And then yellow, what is yellow? Is that anything? The yellow section down by Higginbotham Creek. You see that going all the way down to the storage units? Or is it...? Engineering Director Craig Light said, that's just the center lines of the road. So you can see the multi-line roadway. So the yellow is the yellow lines, making it five lanes down to three lanes. Councilmember McClain said, this doesn't even go there. This is actually... this actually goes to, what, Parker Road or Phillips? Mr. Richey replied, that's showing what the city's already going to do, South Caraway, yes. Councilmember McClain said, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. So we're actually just, I'm just, I should be looking at Parker Road going north to Race Street going west, correct? Mr. Richey said, yes, I believe so, yes. Chairman Hafner said, yes. Councilmember McClain said, there we go. Zoom in for me. Mr. Richey joked, there we go. There you go. Councilmember McClain continued, all right. Okay. Mr. Richey said, yeah, that's right. And then so we're going the other way. So scroll the other way. There we go. Yep, there it is. Councilmember McClain said, alright, then Race Street, and Caraway, got it. And making improvements there on Phillips Drive. So it’s Phillips Drive and Caraway, Race Street, Caraway. Mr. Richey said, yes. Councilmember McClain said, okay, and going all the way up to Highland, that's good. Mr. Richey said, yeah, and the Highway Department, or Department of Transportation now, I still want to call them the Highway Department, I mean we've talked to them, and they're going to work with us on Right-of-Way and different things to be able to get those pedestrian accommodations done. So that's a big deal for them to allow us to do it across that overpass. \r\n\r\nCouncilmember McClain asked, Caraway is a state highway, correct? Chairman Hafner said, no, it is not. Mr. Richey said, no. Chairman Hafner said, Harrisburg/Red Wolf. Mr. Richey continued, but that overpass going over I-555, that’s them letting us put pedestrian accommodations there. Councilmember McClain said, alright, thank you. Mr. Richey replied, yeah, sure. 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