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Linn County approves engineering contract to pursue $2 million KDOT grant for East 850 Road bridge
Summary
Commissioners approved a contract with Cook Platt & Stowall Engineers to complete preliminary survey and design work for an East 850 Road bridge replacement and accepted a separate form to accept a $2 million KDOT grant; county staff warned utility moves and historic-preservation negotiations could change the local cost.
Linn County commissioners voted to authorize a contract with Cook Platt & Stowall Engineers to produce preliminary plans and permitting work needed to pursue a $2 million Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) bridge grant for the East 850 Road crossing of Little Sugar Creek.
The county also authorized its public-works administrator to sign a 13-02 acceptance form to accept the $2 million KDOT project award for the same bridge.
The contract the county approved covers survey, engineering and related preconstruction work. Kenny Blair, an engineer with Cook Platt & Stowall Engineers, told the commission the firm estimates a 60% “field check” level of plans would cost about $50,520, with the full lump-sum contract totaling roughly $84,200. Blair described those early plans as the point when county staff would have the right-of-way and permitting information needed to decide whether to proceed.
Blair said the project’s single biggest unknown is utility relocation and…
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