City advances major infrastructure and housing projects
Lake WalesJul 1, 20262 min read
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The U.S. Department of Transportation approved a $23 million RAISE grant, requiring the City to meet compressed project-approval timelines and redesign several previously planned projects within weeks.
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The workshop highlighted a major transportation grant and several projects that could affect future development and city services. Commissioners considered work involving a proposed hotel and commercial site near U.S. Highway 27, a 164-acre residential development near Hunt Brothers Road, City Hall generator funding, and rehabilitation of 31 wastewater manholes. The excerpts provided do not show final votes or approvals for the workshop items.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation approved a $23 million RAISE grant; the City Manager reported that project timelines are now condensed and several designs must be revised within the next few weeks.
The workshop included consideration of a proposed hotel and commercial outparcel project near U.S. Highway 27 that would reassign approximately 2 acres from R-1B residential zoning to C-3 highway commercial zoning.
The workshop included second-reading public hearings related to annexing approximately 164 acres near Hunt Brothers Road for a residential planned development, including requested medium-density residential land use and R-3 residential zoning.
The agenda included proposed contracts for a City Hall generator project and rehabilitation of 31 wastewater manholes.
The agenda included a proposed ordinance allowing library impact fees to be used for books and other library collection materials.
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