County retools East End connector plan to cut costs and avoid retaining walls
Staff said early conceptual estimates underestimated retaining-wall costs; they proposed shifting the trail/road alignment north to avoid major walls, reducing the project from an initial ~$500,000 estimate toward an estimated ~$200,000, and scheduling engineering this fall to advertise in winter and build next spring.
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County staff told the commission that a review of the East End connector conceptual design found major omissions in retaining-wall unit costs and that some wall segments were deeply undersized in the original estimate. Staff proposed an alternative: shift the first phase to the north to avoid most retaining walls and instead pay for roughly 0.25 mile of paving, which would be cheaper and attract more bidders if the county advertises the project during the winter.
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