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Somerset council approves Dewberry engagement to engineer three ARPA-funded sidewalk hotspots
Summary
After hours of debate over phasing, risk and budgeting, the council approved Dewberry’s proposal to survey and engineer sidewalk improvements for three identified hotspots and to proceed with broader survey work, using ARPA funds to start construction planning.
Somerset — The Town Council voted to approve Dewberry’s proposal for surveying, planning and engineering work to address three high-priority sidewalk hotspots and to begin townwide survey and design tasks that will feed a multi-year sidewalk and curb program.
Council discussion focused on how to spend $600,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds that must be obligated over the coming budget cycle. The town manager and Dewberry presented a phased plan that would prioritize design and construction for three sites — the Cumberland & Surrey intersection, the Deal/Cumberland intersection and the 4800 block of Essex…
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