The City Council this month approved paying the Hartford-based Crosskey Architects firm $22,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to “reimagine and design” the Water Street walking bridge that connects the Winthrop Square housing complex on Federal Street to Fulton Park. Director of Public Works Brian Sear said the bridge, built in 1973, is not in need of any structural improvements and any proposed work would fall under the aesthetic category. Felix Reyes, the city’s director of economic development and planning, said Fulton Park is now home to refurbished basketball courts and a skate park. Brush clearing has also been conducted in the area and plans are in place to create more hard-surface walking paths to facilitate pedestrian and biker travel from Old Town Mill to the Fulton Park bridge entrance.
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