Capital Improvement Board reports four allocations including downtown Kiss-and-Ride design and intersection safety work

At the council meeting a representative of the Capital Improvement Board reported that the board met Jan. 21 and approved four project allocations: $9,700 to relocate a siren in Robertsdale to a new fire station; $252,500 to Garrip Construction for improvements at 160 Fifth and State Line that include warning upgrades and additional rumble strips; $17,700 to Denise Engineering for a Clark Field storm-sewer redesign (relocating sewer pipe back to the original easement); and $480,250 to Lochmeier Group for the downtown Hammond Kiss-and-Ride design related to the train station.

Councilman Kowinski asked for clarification about rumble-strip placement and whether the city has prior installations; the board representative said the rumble strips are temporary and will be installed on the shoulder near existing cement blocks to warn approaching drivers. Kowinski said a recent crash at that corner illustrated the need for the measure.

The capital board representative described the Clark Field allocation as a relocation of storm-sewer infrastructure from a private parkway back into the easement where it originally belonged. The Kiss-and-Ride design contract was described as work addressing circulation at the downtown train station.

No council vote on these allocations was recorded in the meeting minutes; the board reported these were approved at its Jan. 21 meeting.