Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

City reports spike in estimated cost for David's Drive bike-trail and flags roof replacement costs

2824741 · March 20, 2025
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Service Director reported the engineer's estimate for the David's Drive bike-trail rose from an earlier expectation of roughly $240,000 to about $1.47 million; the city also flagged a $139,004.40 roof replacement estimate and asked council to anticipate budget replenishment.

WILMINGTON, Ohio — Wilmington’s service director updated City Council that the estimated cost for the David’s Drive bike-trail design and construction has climbed far above earlier projections, and that the city will bring a roof-repair request to a future meeting.

Service Director Crocker said the design engineer’s fee was negotiated down from $95,000 to $89,000, but the engineer’s cost estimate for the full project came in…

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe to keep reading

Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.

  • Unlimited articles
  • AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
  • Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
  • Follow topics and more locations
  • 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans