Council Approves Crosstown Tunnel Design
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Council unanimously approved a $300,000 design contract for replacing two high-traffic Crosstown Road path tunnels, with construction estimated at $1.4 million per tunnel. The new concrete box tunnels may still flood because they are in a floodplain.
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What this means
The vote funds engineering and construction planning, not the tunnel replacements themselves. The proposed replacements are intended to improve two heavily used, difficult-to-approach tunnels without raising Crosstown Road. Council also approved employee policy revisions, updated roof-sign regulations, and legislation addressing Public Facilities Authority appointments.
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- Approved a $300,000 contract with POND and Company to design replacements for the Regions Bank and Taco Bell tunnels on the Crosstown Road path system.
- Approved personnel policy revisions, including double pay for critical operations employees working during inclement weather or other emergencies and a 45-mile threshold for City Manager approval of certain take-home vehicles.
- Approved revisions to the sign ordinance removing language that allowed signs along parapet walls above the roof line.
- Approved Resolution #01152026-NA-B concerning terms and appointments for the Public Facilities Authority.
- Approved Ordinance #1245 allowing alcohol at massage establishments.
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