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East Leyden parking lot construction to begin

Updated: June 29, 2012 8:15AM

Construction on a new parking lot across from East Leyden High School is scheduled to begin May 29.

On May 10 Leyden District 212 Board of Education approved a bid by All Star Asphalt of $984,000 to rebuild the lot. In the process the parking lot will be expanded from 190 spaces to about 300. The new parking lot will also gain LED lighting and a bus lane for athletic events.

The parking lot reconstruction is part of a larger plan to transform the former Thompson Steel site into athletic fields.





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