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Davenport approves $190,000 parcel purchase for South Concord grade-separation project
Summary
The Davenport City Council approved the purchase of parcel R0463-03 for $190,000 to advance the South Concord grade separation project, a federally funded effort tied to rail merger mitigation and a Federal Railroad Administration grant.
The Davenport City Council on March 12 approved a resolution to purchase parcel R0463-03 for $190,000 as part of the South Concord grade separation project.
The purchase advances a project that the city said is tied to mitigation funding arising from the Canadian Pacific–Kansas City Southern (CPKC) merger and a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant. City engineering staff told the council the city previously secured $7,800,000 from the FRA and that the CPKC agreement included a separate $8,000,000 mitigation bucket, specifically naming a grade-separated crossing at Concord Avenue.
Merritt, who presented the item as engineering and capital projects staff, walked the council and the public through the project origin, grant funding, alternative alignments and design considerations. He said staff…
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