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Council reviews beach and Westlake Drive designs and questions whether to add a new boat launch
Summary
City engineers told the council that Westlake Drive design is largely complete and the beach project has moved toward bid-ready plans; the DNR offered concrete planking that reduced the boat-launch estimate to "just a little over $100,000," but councilors debated winter access, safety and loss of green space.
City Engineer John Pratt told the Detroit Lakes City Council that the Westlake Drive roadway and trail design is largely complete and that the beach project has been refined from concept to a near–bid-ready design.
On the boat-launch question, Pratt said the Department of Natural Resources has agreed to provide concrete planking that cut a previously discussed rough $300,000 estimate to “just a…
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