OGDENSBURG -- Through donations from Friends of the Ogdensburg Public Library and three others, the street between the library and the Remington Museum is getting widened and curbs rebuilt.

This solution will make it safer for traffic, as it widens the often-congested street,” a statement from the museum reads. “It will also tidy the museum's appearance considerably, which has come so far.”

The city is doing the work, which comes with a $6,000 price tag.

The Friends group are giving $3,000.

Another $1,000 is coming from museum supporters Gus Murray, Ron Woodcock and a third person who was not identified in the statement.

The DPW has poured a new slab to connect the street to the sidewalk as a new, safe entry to the museum's access ramp. Today they have begun the work of digging and removing the old material.

It all started in July, when Ogdensburg city councilor Jennifer Stevenson visited the Frederic Remington Art Museum with her visiting great nephew, Alex. On her way in, she noticed that the curb had eroded down to street level, and the grass between it and the sidewalk was giving way to mud and tire ruts, the museum said.

She later mentioned this to city manager John Pinkerton, who looked into a solution with Department of Public Works director Scott Thornhill. His plan is to remove the street edge, the old curb and the entire grass and tire rut strip along the length of the museum's 300 block of Washington Street, the museum said.