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Council approves scope for WARF daylighting feasibility study after narrowing options

6490479 · October 24, 2025
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Summary

Council voted unanimously to proceed with a revised feasibility study that removes concrete‑channel options, focuses on three scenarios (repairing tunnels, daylighting Peyton Creek, or daylighting Peyton and Lewis creeks) and adds life‑cycle maintenance cost comparisons; the study cost is $159,000.

Willow Hughes, a city staff member managing the WARF daylighting effort, returned to council Oct. 23 with a revised scope and cost estimate for a feasibility study on bringing stream channels in the WARF above ground.

Hughes said council previously requested two modifications: remove any alternatives that daylight streams in a concrete channel, and add an estimate comparing long‑term maintenance costs for a confined tunnel versus an open natural channel. She said the…

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