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University City to proceed with expanded Pershing Avenue reconstruction after budget review
Summary
Deputy City Manager Brooke Sharp told council the Pershing Avenue project’s scope increased since the original grant application, raising the city’s share; staff recommended moving forward and submitting plans to MoDOT.
Deputy City Manager Brooke Sharp told the University City City Council on April 28 that the Pershing Avenue reconstruction project’s scope and cost have increased since the city applied for a federal East‑West Gateway grant in 2021, and staff recommends proceeding with the larger scope now that trees removed for the work are gone.
The change matters because the federal grant amount remains fixed at $1,119,728, Sharp said, so the city’s share rose from an anticipated $223,945 to as much as $909,885 if the higher‑cost alternate for exposed‑aggregate concrete is selected. Sharp said Cochran’s engineering fees of $296,760 also fall to the city under Supplemental Agreement No. 12 and are not reimbursable by the grant.
Sharp said the…
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