Federal funds sought to improve Tinley Park intersections

Village Board members voted last week to seek the financial help for intersections at Ridgeland, 84th and 94th avenues, where improvements have a total projected cost of $7.7 million for engineering, land acquisition and construction.

The board was responding to a call for financing requests from East Hazel Crest-based South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, which is acting as a screening agency for the federal transportation tax dollars…Please click here to read Dennis Sullivan’s story in the Chigago Tribune.