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Board of Public Works approves multiple engineering contracts, permits and $9.13M in claims

Board of Public Works · January 27, 2026
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The Bloomington City Board of Public Works on Jan. 27 approved several contracts and right-of-way actions — including amendments for West 2nd Street and preliminary engineering at Hopewell South — authorized long-duration closures for a Kirkwood development and approved claims totaling $9,133,554.14.

The Bloomington City Board of Public Works voted Jan. 27 to approve a set of engineering contracts, lane and sidewalk closures, a noise-permit authorization and claims totaling $9,133,554.14.

Kevin Okonoke of City Engineering described an amendment to the city's 2022 design contract with WSP Inc. to capture additional design efforts and extra work required by the Indiana Department of Transportation and ADA technical reviews. "This is a contract amendment that essentially is capturing what I've broken down into four different categories," Okonoke said, listing INDOT coordination, stormwater ordinance–driven analysis, redesign coordination with concurrent projects and additional survey work.

The board also approved a preliminary-engineering contract with Crossroad Engineers PC for the Hopewell South project, a package meant to fund roadway, utilities, drainage and subdivision design (not individual home designs). Okonoke said the Crossroad contract is set at…

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