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Advisory board rejects recommendation to update CIP budget for downtown pedestrian-bridge study

Edmond Capital Improvements Advisory Board · January 20, 2026
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Summary

The advisory board debated a proposed update to the CIP to provide the $80,000 local match for a $404,000 downtown pedestrian-bridge feasibility study; concerns about priorities and past studies split the board and the motion to update the CIP did not pass.

The Edmond Capital Improvements Advisory Board discussed a feasibility-and-design grant for a proposed downtown pedestrian bridge and voted not to recommend updating the CIP to provide the required local match.

Christie Batterson, who oversees the city's grant program, told the board the grant covers feasibility and design and that the city's local match is roughly $80,000; she said Kimley-Horn has been selected to complete the study and that the grant application aims to make the project shovel-ready for future federal build-type…

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