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Community Development committee approves sidewalk, trails, traffic-calming and park contracts

Grand Rapids City Commission and Committees · March 18, 2026
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Summary

The Community Development Committee on March 17 awarded contracts for sidewalks and ADA repairs, Plaster Creek trail stabilization, traffic calming packages, Riverside Park improvements and approved agreements to support a 20-unit Habitat for Humanity Pleasant Hills development.

The Community Development Committee met at 9:16 a.m. and approved a series of capital and infrastructure contracts across the city’s neighborhoods.

A reported-deficiency contract with C and D Hughes Inc. was approved to repair sidewalks and address ADA deficiencies in 2026 (award amount listed in the packet as $735,825.05 with a not-to-exceed total of $825,000). Commissioners described this as the routine program to respond to citizen reports of trip hazards and ordered repairs. Catskill Remedial Contracting Services Inc. received a contract to repair erosion and…

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