A staff request to apply for a $1 million federal grant to study improvements to Hunt Highway sparked questions – and one dissenting vote – from the Gilbert Town Council.
Town transportation staff had placed the request on the Feb. 17 consent agenda, seeking a Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
It would pay for a study on the feasibility of completing the final segment of Hunt Highway from Val Vista Drive to Recker Road. The deadline to apply for the grant was Feb. 24…