Hurley US 51 resurfacing project delayed to 2021

HURLEY — The rush to get an infrastructure grant application in by May ended when the city of Hurley learned the U.S. 51 resurfacing project has been moved back to 2021.

The Second Avenue project had been originally been planned by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for 2017.

The city had until May to submit a Community Development Block Grant application for $500,000 for infrastructure work that would have been done in 2016 in preparation for the project.

The city would have been responsible for paying about $100,000 of the $1 million DOT paving project, in addition to covering the in...