Morrison to more forward with downtown improvements

Trustees asking to scale back projects to fit their budget

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Morrison Board of Trustees will move forward with a scaleddown version of improvements to the downtown area.

e board at its meeting on Feb. 7 decided to use the grant money provided by the Colorado Department of Transportation as part of its Safer Main Street Initiative. It decided against turning the money down because the projected improvement costs were more than the town could a ord.

Trustees asked town o cials to begin the CDOT process to scale back the original plan.

In June 2021, the town learned it was getting a $426,000 grant from CDOT, and the town must put in about $106,000. e scaled-back projects are expected to cost less than $532,000.