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Bettendorf staff outline cost-savings to close $1M-plus shortfall on Gateway Pedestrian Bridge
Summary
City Engineer Brent Morlock told the Aug. 4 Committee of the Whole the Gateway Pedestrian Bridge project faces "a little over a million dollars" in shortfall and outlined a package of scope reductions, a budget transfer and a one-year postponement of another project to close the gap.
At the Aug. 4 Committee of the Whole meeting, City Engineer Brent Morlock summarized proposed revisions to cover a funding shortfall on the Gateway Pedestrian Bridge project and sought feedback on staff recommendations to reduce the city's out-of-pocket exposure.
Morlock told the committee the project showed "a little over a million dollars" in deficit but that the project budget included a $200,000 contingency, which puts the net shortfall closer to $800,000. To reduce that gap, staff proposed a package of scope and budget changes:
- Shorten a planned recreational trail segment through the I‑80 and Middle Road interchange. Morlock said this change would reduce the city's share for that trail from…
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