{"id":17446,"date":"2024-06-27T14:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T18:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=17446"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T18:58:29","slug":"safety-park-village-in-line-for-repaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/safety-park-village-in-line-for-repaving\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Park village in line for repaving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety Park village in Decatur is in line for a much-needed coat of fresh asphalt on its streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety Park is located on the eastern side of the Worthman Field complex. The village sits in the northeast corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3F280F906AF74B84BC0106A04A917759.jpg?resize=497%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3F280F906AF74B84BC0106A04A917759.jpg?w=497&amp;ssl=1 497w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3F280F906AF74B84BC0106A04A917759.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire Chief Jeff Sheets recently told Decatur City Council and its board of works that the streets are starting to show some serious wear. He said they haven&#8217;t had any maintenance in the over 30 years the facility has been located there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said was told by a knowledgeable person that waiting another two or three years to do something could result in a major project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheets obtained two bids for repaving work: from Asphalt Authority and Asphalt Maintenance Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board of works voted to go with Asphalt Maintenance bid of $5,059.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CA572B1E845A4D348B6D12B83841D787.jpg?resize=512%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CA572B1E845A4D348B6D12B83841D787.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CA572B1E845A4D348B6D12B83841D787.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Council also gave its approval, with federal ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds to cover the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety Park, which also includes the Survive Alive house for teaching fire safety, provides both pedestrian and fire safety to school-age children in Adams and Wells counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The village is the site of a huge Safe Trick or Treat event at Halloween time each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Safety Park village in Decatur is in line for a much-needed coat of fresh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-17446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-community"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}