Three Shawnee sidewalk projects enter design phase
The Shawnee News-Star
Shawnee has been lining streets with sidewalks at an aggressive pace for a few years; now three significant sidewalk projects are entering the design phase after the Shawnee City Commission unanimously voted Monday to approve contracts with three separate firms.
Thanks to a collaborative effort between the Avedis Foundation and the City of Shawnee, matching grants have been funding these sidewalk goals across the community in alignment with the city s Comprehensive Plan and a Master Trail and sidewalk initiative sparked by the Parks Master Plan adopted in 2015.
“In 2017 the city was awarded a dollar-for-dollar Avedis Foundation grant for sidewalk construction,” City Engineer Seth Barkhimer said last month. “That money has not been fully utilized and it actually has a sunset date for June of 2022.”
New sidewalk projects gearing up
By Vicky O. Misa | Vicky.misa@news-star.com | (405) 214-3962 | Twitter: @Vicky NewsStar
The Shawnee News-Star
There are some new sidewalk projects in the works.
After interviewing five of 13 Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) submissions, this week City Engineer Seth Barkhimer brought a request before Shawnee City Commissioners to get authorization to start negotiations with CEC, Crafton Tull and Olsson to develop contracts for design services on three areas in particular:
Independence Street from Kickapoo to Harrison (CEC)
Highland Street from Harrison to Bryan (Crafton Tull)
Kickapoo Street from I-40 to MacArthur (Olsson)
He said contracts will be brought back before commission for approval.