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Council rescinds Newcastle Way design contract; predesign study paused
Summary
The Newcastle City Council voted 4-2 to rescind Resolution 2025-1022 approving a predesign contract with David Evans and Associates, pausing planned predesign work on the Newcastle Way widening project amid debate over cost, timing and public outreach.
The Newcastle City Council voted 4-2 on Feb. 4 to rescind Resolution 2025-1022, which had approved a design contract with David Evans and Associates for the Newcastle Way widening predesign. Council member Quigg introduced the motion to rescind, saying the council should delay spending until there is clearer public support and more study of alternatives.
Why it matters: Council members debated whether to fund an early-stage predesign study costing about $188,000 or to defer that work until later. Supporters said the predesign is a routine, necessary step to qualify the city for outside grants and to inform later construction decisions; opponents said the city should not proceed without clearer public buy-in and better justification for a project that could later grow into a multimillion-dollar widening.
Council member Quigg said she asked for more time to study the project…
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