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Committee backs $224,793 design change to Fifth Street bridge project after hydraulic review
Summary
City engineers told the committee that hydraulic constraints outside city jurisdiction mean a full bridge replacement would not improve floodplain conditions; the committee recommended a design change order to widen and rehabilitate the existing structure and add pedestrian and vehicle improvements.
The Finance Committee recommended a contract modification with HDR Engineering for additional design work on the Fifth Street (Bridell) over Crow Creek project. The proposed change order, $224,793 funded from the 2019–22 optional 1% sales tax (the "fifth penny"), was recommended to the full council following a committee voice vote.
Tom Cobbs, city engineer, told the committee a hydraulic evaluation showed the project site’s floodplain is controlled by…
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