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Columbia Council authorizes Walnut Street streetscape plans, PennDOT inspection and bidding
Summary
Council voted to move the Walnut Street Streetscape project into the PennDOT bidding process after staff outlined project costs and funding logistics tied to Lancaster County Smart Growth funding and PennDOT inspection requirements.
Columbia Borough Council on March 11 authorized three steps to advance the Walnut Street Streetscape project: a PennDOT inspection agreement, manager signature on final plans and advertising the project for bid on PennDOT's ECMS platform.
Staff member Derek, who presented the engineering and financing overview, told council that the county is allocating $1,380,000 through the Lancaster County Smart Growth Fund toward the project but that construction bids and required PennDOT inspection fees could push costs higher. "This is funding, not a…
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