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Brainerd committee votes to return MDOT pedestrian‑bridge funds, citing delivery risk

Brainerd City council committee · November 4, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted to return a federal/MDOT grant for the Highway 210 (Lum Park) pedestrian bridge after staff said the city could not reliably deliver a multi‑million‑dollar project within the federal timeframe and ATP approval for a one‑year swap was not guaranteed.

Brainerd City committee members voted to return MDOT funds for the proposed Highway 210 (Lum Park) pedestrian bridge rather than retain the grant and risk failing to deliver the project on the federal timeline.

City engineer Dean told the committee staff had learned that while MDOT had identified other candidates to swap the funds into…

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