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St. Clair Shores council approves budget amendment to advance $989,011 Bryce Park path to bid
Summary
The council authorized a budget amendment to commission Fishbeck engineering to design and bid alternatives for a new walking path at Bryce Park, with an engineer-estimated total project cost of $989,011; council debate focused on cost, accessibility and whether a nature-surface alternative should be pursued.
Council members voted to advance the Bryce Park walking-path project to bid after hearing staff and engineering recommendations that aim to solve recurring cracking and instability on the existing path.
Denise Pike, the city’s CDI director, said Fishbeck’s geotechnical work found substandard soils and a high water table in the park’s middle area and recommended a mixed surface solution: a concrete inner ring for the heaviest-use sections and asphalt for the outer loop, with a geotextile grid beneath the surface. Pike said Fishbeck’s design and construction oversight fees would be…
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