Farmer City learned Wednesday it will be receiving half a million dollars for a sidewalk project on the community's south side.

City Manager Taylor Baxter indicates the Illinois Department of Transportation announced the grants on Wednesday. He says this development will make the community safer.

Baxter credits former City Manager Sue McLaughlin for doing most of the heavy lifting on this grant.

According to Baxter, they will update the specs of the project in hopes of still getting the project out for bid this year, but he notes it will most likely be next year.