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Committee delays Veterans Memorial Parkway Bridge work over bat-season and railroad-permit concerns
Summary
Staff asked the committee to approve a development services contract for the Veterans Memorial Parkway Bridge costing $216,438, but members raised endangered‑bat and railroad‑permit constraints and moved to delay a decision.
Staff asked the committee to approve a development services contract for work on the Veterans Memorial Parkway Bridge that would cost $216,438 in total, but members pushed to delay formal approval because of endangered-bat seasonal restrictions and a complex railroad permitting process.
The matter was introduced as a request to approve the contract and a construction timeline. A staff presenter said the project would likely bid in late summer, with construction ideally starting in mid‑October, because “the window where we get all clear with no restrictions begins October 15, and wraps around till the March.” The presenter said the design, bid-phase and construction‑phase engineering work combined are “just under $75,000,” with separate line items for surveying, easement negotiation, construction observation…
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