Jill Schramm/MDN Third Street Southeast in front of the Ward County Administration Building and Courthouse sees vehicle and pedestrian traffic Wednesday. The Minot City Council voted to pursue federal funds for reconstruction of a section of Third Street and is holding a public input meeting on the project Thursday, Nov. 20.

Reconstruction of Third Street, school curb ramps and a pedestrian beacon near the fairgrounds moved closer to getting into the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s federal funding program during the Minot City Council meeting Monday, Nov. 17. However, there was debate over the pedestrian projects should be included.

The proposed curb ramp replacement project in the Fifth and Seventh Avenue corridor between Bel Air and Longfellow Elementary schools narrowly wo

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