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Concord and Kannapolis Outline Cost-Sharing Agreement for I‑85 Entrance Monuments
Summary
City staff presented a proposed interlocal agreement with Kannapolis to build landscaped structural signs (monuments) at specified I‑85 interchanges; Concord’s estimated cost is $364,000 with a 50/50 split on some monuments and sole responsibility on others.
City staff presented a proposed agreement with the City of Kannapolis to construct and maintain gateway monuments and landscaping at interchanges along I‑85.
Colin Phillip, a city staff member, summarized the proposal: the project proposes monuments at the US‑29/exit 58‑60 area (split 50/50 between Concord and Kannapolis) and at the exit 63 (where Concord’s monument would be sole responsibility for one side and Kannapolis would own the other). Each monument will be owned by the city whose name appears on the sign, Phillip said. The design-estimate on Concord’s share is currently about $364,000; Kannapolis’s cost estimate is roughly $787,000 (the higher figure reflects an additional sole interchange there).
Phillip said any additional costs beyond the estimates would require agreement by both cities, and that the plan has been discussed for years as part of corridor improvements tied to I‑85 widening work. Council members raised one question about public-art committee involvement; staff said conversations about the monuments have occurred over many years and that the proposals are the result of the corridor design work.
No final council action was recorded in the transcript; staff presented the agreement and answered council questions about design review and cost allocation.
