Urbana aldermen, mayor defend Cunningham Avenue study

URBANA – City council members strongly defended a $100,000 Cunningham Avenue beautification study Monday night, saying city officials should "push back" against state transportation officials who criticized aspects of the plan as dangerous.

Aldermen voted unanimously, in a voice vote, to accept the plan, which was prepared by Indianapolis consultant Claire Bennett Associates over the past year.

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