Tinley Park considers more roundabouts

With one traffic roundabout in the works, Tinley Park is looking at adding more.

The village is seeking federal grant money to construct three roundabouts along 175th Street at the intersections of Ridgeland, 84th and 94th avenues. Each project would cost an estimated $2.58 million, and the village’s share of each roundabout would, at the most, be $774,000.

Applications for federal transportation funds for the work were sent last month to the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, which will rank projects submitted by towns vying for grant money…Please click here to read Mike Nolan’s story in the Southtown Star.