The Lewiston city council has approved a $434,500 agreement for VSS International to create a design to repair 21st Street and the intersection of Fifth Street and Bryden Avenue.
The decision was made at a city council meeting last (Mon) night.
According to the Lewiston Tribune, Public Works Director Dustin Johnson says 21st Street is in such poor condition that it should be reconstructed, but the city only has about $2.5 million available, including the $434,500 it’s spending for design, far short of the more than $14 million reconstruction would cost.
The goal is to begin fixing 21st Street between Seventh and 19th avenues in September with a fiber-seal, but Johnson said that could change depending on what’s learned during the design phase.
Work on the intersection of Fifth Street and Bryden Avenue is targeted for later this year.
