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Board of Public Service details FY26 requests, warns of gaps on major projects and GOB spending
Summary
The Board of Public Service told the Budget & Public Employees Committee on May 14 that major capital projects — including the Lindell/Union Boulevard bridge and the Southwest Avenue Bridge — are at risk without additional funds or successful federal grant matches.
The Board of Public Service told the St. Louis City Budget & Public Employees Committee on May 14 that its FY26 request leaves several capital projects at risk without additional funding or external grant matches.
Rich Bradley, President of the Board of Public Service, told the committee: "The 2023 GOB money that had been allocated to date was $21,000,000 ... We have expended so far about $5,100,000. Just about every project that is in that GOB $21,000,000 has been either started in design, is ready for construction, but they are in process right now." The board highlighted that approximately $24 million of a $50 million GOB remained unallocated and that the Capital Committee must prioritize projects from a $500+ million capital needs inventory.
The board said the Lindell/Union…
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