County staff begins scoping for Independence Parkway Phase 2, schedules engineering RFP

Oct 15, 2026

County staff told commissioners they received DOT concurrence and will solicit engineering proposals to scope Phase 2 of Independence Parkway, with $1,000,000 (approx.) set aside for scoping and traffic, environmental and equity reviews planned.

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County staff outlined the next steps for Independence Parkway Phase 2, saying the county has prepared an RFQ/RFP and received confirmation from the state to proceed. "So we're gonna be meeting to try to come up with some dates to put out a request for proposals for engineering services to do the scoping of the next phase of the bypass," the staff member said.

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