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Spring Hill joins Fontana and Fort Scott on $2.15M rail crossing elimination grant; city to contribute $67,500
Summary
Council approved an interlocal agreement to accept a grant for studying and planning at-grade crossing eliminations along the Eastern Kansas corridor; Spring Hill's local match is $67,500 and the city will manage grant funds and contract for the engineering study.
The Spring Hill City Council approved an interlocal agreement on a grant with the cities of Fontana and Fort Scott to study eliminating at-grade railroad crossings along the Eastern Kansas community rail corridor.
City staff said the total grant amounts to $2,150,000, funded by the state and Burlington Northern, and that Spring Hill's local match is $67,500; Fort Scott's match is $40,000. Fontana was included in the study but will not receive direct funds due to the small scale of its needs.
City Manager/Project staff said the interlocal agreement assigns Spring Hill to receive and manage the grant funds, run a request for proposals for engineering and coordinate the study across the three cities. The study will look at feasibility of removing or reconfiguring crossings and related infrastructure improvements.
Council members described the agreement as a cooperative regional approach to qualify for state funding and to study longer corridors of crossings. A motion to approve the interlocal agreement and authorize transfer of $67,500 to the project fund for Spring Hill's local match carried unanimously (recorded vote: 5-0-0).
