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City reports capital projects underway; Connors Road Park phase 1 cost estimate far exceeds budget
Summary
The interim city manager reported multiple ongoing capital projects Aug. 12, including a $1.1 million streetscape grant, pickleball and tennis courts, and repaving. Officials said a phase‑1 opinion of probable cost for Connors Road Park is about $2.4 million, well above the available $593,000 budget.
Interim City Manager and CFO Jennifer Hallman told the Villa Rica City Council on Aug. 12 that the city has several grant‑funded and contractor projects underway and flagged a major gap between the Connors Road Park budget and the engineer’s opinion of probable cost.
Hallman said the North Side downtown streetscape is grant funded at $1,100,000 with a $286,000 city match; Keck & Wood is the consultant and preliminary design and utility coordination are next steps. She said a traffic signal will…
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