Council approves $175,418 change order to rebuild Cascade Avenue in Central Dry Canyon project

The Redmond City Council voted to approve Change Order No. 1 to Contract 2025-25PK2102 with Keaton King Contracting LLC, adding $175,418.60 to the contractor's work to fully rebuild Cascade Avenue as part of the Central Dry Canyon parks project.

The change order was necessary after crews found the existing asphalt was “too thin” and in poor condition, requiring full excavation and reconstruction rather than the planned 2-inch grind-and-inlay, Assistant City Engineer Lindsey Cromsida said. "The original contract is about $3,995,000. This change order is to improve the condition of Cascade Avenue ... it will be a better product, in the end, and it'll be a brand new road," Cromsida said.

The Central Dry Canyon project is a parks-improvement and circulation effort intended to improve pedestrian access between Redmond High School, Rimrock Pathway, Sam Johnson Tennis Courts, the Spud Bowl and the dog park. Cromsida told council the project includes playground surfacing, new pathways, pavement, waterline work and landscaping. Work began earlier in 2025 and is expected to continue through June 2026.

Cromsida said the contractor originally planned a thin overlay for Cascade Avenue, but field conditions required full removal and reconstruction of the roadway and curb. She explained the city preferred to do the fuller rebuild while crews were already mobilized rather than return later for a separate pavement restoration project. The change order is funded from the transportation and wastewater funds and would bring the contract total to about $4,170,000 if approved.

Councilors asked whether the additional work would extend the project timeline; Cromsida said it would not and that staff was still “shooting for that June 2026 end date.” Council also asked whether sidewalks would be added; Cromsida said sidewalks were not feasible there because the right-of-way is constrained and the grading has a steep drop-off.

A councilor moved to approve the change order and the motion passed by voice vote (ayes). The council authorized the city manager to sign the change order.

The resurfacing of the Hope Playground — part of the same project — was scheduled to begin September 3 and requires approximately 30 days of closure because of material-temperature constraints, Cromsida said.

Background: The work at Fifteenth Street and Cascade Avenue adjacent to the Spud Bowl is already in progress and those segments are expected to be paved and reopened to the public in late fall.