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Streets Dept. Summer Construction Update: Potholes (still), 41st Bridge, trails, roads and more

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For safer more complete streets, increase Streets Department budget

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Explain That Term: Level of Service

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 Omar Gray was a street-cleaning mainstay for the Germantown Special Services District until its funding dried up. He's hoping to return once the GSSD offers a broom. (Aaron Moselle/for NewsWorks)
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Germantown’s Omar Gray just wants to get back to cleaning streets and sidewalks

For the better part of a decade, Omar Gray tirelessly cleaned the area's streets, cracks and crevices as an employee with the Germantown Special Services District.

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Why is the Blue Route called the Blue Route?

That was the color used to mark this route on the 1950s maps that showed three possible routes for the highway that became Interstate 476 ...

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Planning Complete Streets for an Aging America

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