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City staff and consultants outline McBean Park Drive bridge replacement: NEPA work ahead, construction targeted late 2025
Summary
City staff and consultants told the City Council that federal funding covers most of the McBean Park Drive bridge itself but that remaining NEPA approvals and appraisals must be finished before construction. Estimated construction costs range from about $16 million to nearly $24 million; staff seek additional $0.8–0.9 million to finish design work.
City staff and the project consultant told the City Council on March 26 that the long‑planned McBean Park Drive bridge replacement is on track through environmental review but will require additional steps and funding before construction can begin.
Vinh, the city project executive who introduced the update, said federal grant rules mean the project needed the technical studies required by the Highway Bridge Program and its state and federal reviewers. “The federal government would not give us 88 and a half percent funding to build a project like that if it’s not needed,” he said, summarizing the rationale for federal participation and explaining that some roadway elements are not eligible for reimbursement and therefore will be city responsibilities.
Mike Sanchez, the…
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