Demolition starting on Grant Road widening project

Demolition begins this week on the next phase of the Grant Road widening project.

The $17 million project will widen Grant between Stone and Park avenue to six lanes and will create indirect left turns at Stone Avenue and First Avenue. An earlier phase widened added indirect left turns at Oracle Road.

Here are three things you need to know.

1. Demolition could begin as early as Wednesday.

Five houses and two businesses will be torn down to make room for a wider Grant Road, said engineering project manager Beth Abramovitz. A lot of the landscaping will stay intact, she said.

A second round later this month will take six more commercial buildings.

The demolitions are happening now, but the roadway construction wont begin until later this year.

2. The city is working with a historic neighborhood on a mini salvage project.

Because some of the houses to be torn down are contributors to the Jefferson Park neighborhoods historic status designation, the city is photographing the buildings, Abramovitz said,and showing the pictures to people in the neighborhood who might want to salvage items.

Thats something new the city is doing, she said.

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Demolition starting on Grant Road widening project