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Council approves $50,000 transfer and $350,000 contingency for Poplar Street safety project
Summary
The Half Moon Bay City Council authorized a $50,000 transfer from streets-and-roads funds and approved an additional $350,000 contingency to complete Poplar Street traffic-calming and safety work, while directing staff to return with options before executing an $89,000 change order for work adjacent to Highway 1.
Half Moon Bay City Council on Feb. 18 approved a budget amendment that transfers $50,000 from the city’s streets-and-roads fund to the Poplar Street capital project (CIP 0593) and authorizes $350,000 in additional contingency, increasing the project construction budget to about $2.013 million.
The move, made during discussion of Item 3C, follows construction of sidewalks, curb ramps, decomposed-granite pathways and bioretention stormwater features on Poplar Street. City public works staff said the work encountered unforeseen conditions — including variable locations and depths of a PG&E gas main, unsuitable pavement base in places that required full depth reclamation, and…
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