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Council approves environmental contract for Waterford Trail extension
Summary
The City Council approved a professional-services supplement with HDR Engineering to complete NEPA/environmental work for the Waterford Trail Project; total contract about $78,600 with an 80/20 federal/local funding split and roughly $15,700 from district impact fees.
The Lincoln City Council voted to approve professional-services supplement No. 1 with HDR Engineering Inc. for environmental work on the Waterford Trail Project.
The agreement covers the National Environmental Policy Act and related compliance work to design the trail extension that will connect the trail along North 84th Street north of O Street through Southeast Community College and into the Waterford development, providing connections to Robinson Elementary School and a future neighborhood park, city assistant parks director J.J. Yost told the council.
Yost said the work is an early design step tied to federal funding and described the project funding split as 80 percent federal and 20 percent local. He told council the total contract amount is about $78,600, meaning roughly $15,700 of the local match will come from district impact fees. The work will include environmental checks and other compliance steps necessary before construction can proceed.
The council carried the motion to approve the supplement on a recorded roll call. City staff said the contract is an early-phase step to position the project for later design and construction once environmental clearances are obtained.
Background: the Waterford Trail will tie existing trail segments to new development and campus areas and is intended to expand the city’s pedestrian and bicycle network. Yost said staff would return with details and answer questions as the design advances.
Votes at the meeting: council approved the HDR supplement (motion carried on roll call).
