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Commission approves $2.5 million PROTECT-funded design contract for Arcadia Creek flood relief
Summary
The Kalamazoo City Commission approved a $2.5 million contract with Hurley & Stewart to design three phases of Arcadia Creek improvements, funded by a federal PROTECT grant. Staff said the work will modernize undersized culverts and reopen Academy Street as part of flood-mitigation efforts.
The Kalamazoo City Commission voted unanimously on Dec. 1 to approve a $2.5 million contract with Hurley & Stewart for design work on Arcadia Creek, from Kalamazoo Avenue west to Oliver, funded entirely through a federal PROTECT grant.
City engineering staff told the Commission the project will resize and modernize a portion of Arcadia Creek whose existing channel is “approximately 12 times too small” to carry modern flood flows. Director Baker said the work is intended to convey flood flows, reduce…
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