Downtown Flint’s historic bricks to get $5.2M facelift – all 750,000 of them
FLINT, MI -- The city is making plans to take on a painstaking downtown improvement project -- lifting up, resetting and replacing the 750,000 bricks that make up Saginaw Street. Adas said at least 70% of sidewalks are expected to be replaced in the area of the brick work and tree cages will be replaced. Saginaw Street bricks were originally laid in 1898. Special street bricks were made to withstand the pressure of carrying vehicle traffic. The idea of using stamped, colored asphalt on Saginaw Street has been discussed since at least 2001 in Flint.
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