The city has agreed to pay $2.6 million more toward a railroad overpass over the State Road 46 and State Road 11 crossing on the city’s west side.
Columbus Redevelopment Commission members voted Monday to approve a final payment of $4.6 million to the Indiana Department of Transportation, due Dec. 1. Commissioners had already approved a $2 million payment to INDOT before the state increased the estimated cost of the project from $30 million to $35,325,010.
The increase accounts for right-of-way acquisition costs that were higher than predicted and rising construction costs.
The $35.3 million cost is only an estimate. INDOT and the city won’t know how much the project will actually cost until INDOT opens construction bids for the project on Oct. 9, said Dave Hayward, executive director of public works and city engineer.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
