An engineering design supplement for the North Vine Corridor roundabout project will be considered by Hays city commissioners tonight.
The agreement would give the engineering firm WSP more authority related to right-of-way property acquisitions needed as part of the project.
When the initial engineering contract was awarded, the scope of the project had not yet been formally defined.
“Without having the design started, we weren’t exactly sure which portions of property we would need to require right-of-way on,” said Jacob Wood, asst. city manager.
“We felt like it was better to have this happen after the fact, once we had a little bit of the design done and we know where the roundabouts are going to go, where the streets and sidewalks are going to go.”
(Read more: Hays Post)