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Topeka infrastructure committee approves six street, sidewalk and utility projects; adds $655,000 for SE 29th Street rehabilitation
Summary
The City of Topeka Infrastructure Committee on Dec. 16 approved six projects, including a $655,000 increase to half‑cent sales tax funding to rehabilitate the box/bridge structure on Southeast 29th Street, and voted to forward the full SE 29th Street project package to the full City Council.
The City of Topeka Infrastructure Committee voted unanimously on Dec. 16 to approve six street, sidewalk and utility projects and to forward the larger Southeast 29th Street project package to the full City Council.
Interim Director Tryon told the committee that bids for the Southeast 29th Street project, which runs from Adams to Kansas Avenue, came in well above the original engineer’s estimate. “What you have here is an amendment to a project for the construction of Southeast 29th Street from Adams to Kansas Avenue,” Tryon said, and requested an increase of $655,000 in half‑cent sales tax funding to rehabilitate the existing box structure that functions as a bridge on 29th Street rather than replace it in…
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