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City wins $8 million RAISE planning and design grant for Dorsey Avenue corridor
Summary
Acting city manager announced Morgantown was awarded an $8 million RAISE planning and design grant to study and design pedestrian and bicycle improvements on the Dorsey Avenue corridor connecting schools, parks and neighborhoods; the grant funds planning and design, not construction.
Acting City Manager Damian (acting city manager title not specified in transcript) told council Jan. 7 that Morgantown was awarded a RAISE planning and design grant worth $8,000,000 to study and design improvements for the Dorsey Avenue corridor between Kingwood Pike and downtown.
"We've got a $8,000,000, for planning and design, to look at the, area of Dorsey Avenue from, King and Pike all the way into the downtown," the city manager said. Staff said the corridor connects multiple schools (the presentation referenced four schools), parks and several neighborhoods and that the planning/design grant will fund public engagement and development of shovel-ready design and cost estimates to pursue construction funding later.
Councilmembers stressed that this is a planning grant and does not provide construction funding. Staff said the grant will support detailed design work and help identify potential construction funding sources in subsequent grant applications.
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Staff said the project will include robust public involvement and that future steps will include turning the planning-phase deliverables into construction-ready documents and applications for construction funding.
