WESLEY PARKWAY DEDICATED

IT OPENED TO TRAFFIC SEPTEMBER 15TH, BUT SIOUX CITY OFFICIALLY DEDICATED THE WESLEY PARKWAY PROJECT AT A WEDNESDAY MORNING RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.

MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS THE FOUR LANE STREET WILL PROVIDE A KEY CONNECTION TO GET FROM HAMILTON BOULEVARD TO INTERSTATE 29.



SCOTT SAYS THE PARKWAY WILL SPUR FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE WEST 7TH STREET CORRIDOR, WITH SOME PROJECTS LIKE THE NEW BISHOP HEELAN HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY UNDERWAY:



THE CITY RECEIVED OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT. ANOTHER ONE-POINT-ONE MILLION WAS SPENT ON A NEW BLUFF STREET BRIDGE OVER PERRY CREEK TO GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD NEAR THE NEW HEELAN HIGH SCHOOL SITE.