Resolution 2026-0459 · Pittsburgh City Council
PassedPittsburgh will pave Elwell Street from Mere Street to the city limits with asphalt. The project is on a street currently made of concrete. No cost was specified.
Official title›
Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Elwell Street from Mere Street to Pittsburgh City Limits be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.
- Topic
- Streets & transit
- Money
- none named
- Who it affects
- drivers on Elwell Street
- Sponsors
- Barbara Warwick
Where: Elwell Street from Mere Street to Pittsburgh City Limits.
streetsinfrastructureasphaltpaving
Record
What happened, and who voted how
Passed · Passed Finally8–0, 1 absent
- Anthony CoghillY
- Barbara WarwickY
- Deborah L. GrossY
- Erika StrassburgerY
- Khari MosleyY
- Kim SalinetroY
- R. Daniel LavelleY
- Robert CharlandY
- Bobby Wilson—
Source text
From the legislative file
..title Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Elwell Street from Mere Street to Pittsburgh City Limits be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. ..body WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh City Council by Ordinance 42 of 2018 amended Section 417.06 of the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances requires final legislative approval of City Council should the Director of Mobility and Infrastructure recommend asphalt paving of a street that is currently brick, block stone, wood, or concrete; and WHEREAS, Elwell Street from Mere Street to Pittsburgh City Limits is currently concrete and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure recommends that such streets have an overlay of asphalt; and WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh wishes to advance the paving of the concrete portion of Elwell Street from Mere Street to Pittsburgh City Limits with an asphalt overlay as recommended by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure; Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows: Section 1. The Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure is authorized to pave the concrete portion of Elwell Street from Mere Street to Pittsburgh City Limits with an overlay of asphalt.
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Streets & transit
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