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Council approves $150,000 CIP addition to relocate city fiber around Topeka Zoo; Gage Park Improvement Authority to reimburse
Summary
The governing body added a CIP project to move city fiber out of the Topeka Zoo exhibits and along the zoo perimeter, with an estimated cost of $150,000 to be reimbursed by the Gage Park Improvement Authority.
The Topeka governing body on Wednesday approved a capital project to relocate city fiber optics that currently run through Gage Park and, in places, through zoo exhibits.
City staff explained the project’s purpose is to reroute the city’s fiber around the perimeter of the Topeka Zoo because the fiber currently crosses portions of the park and “in some cases actually through exhibits with dangerous animals,” a…
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