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Coos Bay urban renewal agency approves $332,948 contract for Front Street final design

5914822 · October 8, 2025
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The Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency approved a professional services agreement with David Evans and Associates to complete final design for the Front Street project (Cedar to Fir) for an amount not to exceed $332,948, after councilors debated community input, historic design standards and the possibility of future rail removal.

The Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency approved a professional services agreement with David Evans and Associates to complete final design and construction-ready specifications for Front Street between Cedar and Fir avenues for an amount not to exceed $332,948.

The agency relied on work done under the 2022 Front Street Blueprint and a 30% design prepared in 2023. Agency staff told the board that the blueprint provided conceptual direction — multimodal transportation, wayfinding, parking and waterfront improvements — but that construction requires complete design documents, easement agreements and technical specifications. “The blueprint’s just conceptual. We have to work through any land trades and swaps. We have to work…

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