{"id":41801,"date":"2026-10-30T14:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=41801"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:14:40","slug":"deteriorating-decatur-alleys-targeted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/deteriorating-decatur-alleys-targeted\/","title":{"rendered":"Deteriorating Decatur alleys targeted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a number of alleys in Decatur which have seriously deteriorated, city officials admit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are, however, moving to remedy the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the alleys \u201care in pretty bad shape,\u201d Mayor Dan Rickord said at a recent meeting of the city&#8217;s board of works and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wayne Asphalt, a Fort Wayne firm which has done work in Decatur in the past, won a contract for a little over $45,000 to pave three of the worst alleys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alley.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alley.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alley.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alley.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alley.jpg?w=1189&amp;ssl=1 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The price is a good one, Street\/Sanitation Superintendent Matt Schultz said, and that should allow funds to be available for more alley work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three contracted for repaving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between N. Second St. and N. Third St., approximately 113 feet in length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between Stevenson St.and Elm S., approximately 770 feet.<br>Between Penn St. and Rod St., approximately 218 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE AVAILABLE: In 2026, the city appropriated $400,000 from its Economic Development Income Tax fund for planned Second St. improvements, from Monroe Street to Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, since that project will be a part of the city&#8217;s Community Crossings grant bid in 2027, Schultz asked council for $100,000 of that appropriated amount to go toward updating some alleyways in the city yet this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Council approved the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com There are a number of alleys in Decatur which have seriously deteriorated, city officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":41802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-41801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alley.jpg?fit=1189%2C892&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41801","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41803,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41801\/revisions\/41803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}