Resolution 2026-0534 · Pittsburgh City Council
PassedPittsburgh will reimburse up to $1,000,000 for the Beaver Avenue Esplanade Project. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will cover the costs. The project is for the Study and Preliminary Design phases.
Official title›
Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Study phase and the Preliminary Design phase of the Beaver Avenue Esplanade Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), an increase of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 100%, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
- Topic
- Streets & transit
- Money
- $1,000,000city spends
- Who it affects
- residents near Beaver Avenue
- Sponsors
- —
reimbursable at 100%. Where: Beaver Avenue.
beaver avenueesplanadepenndotinfrastructure
Record
What happened, and who voted how
Referred · Read and referred
Passed · Passed Finally8–0, 1 absent
- Anthony CoghillY
- Barbara WarwickY
- Bobby WilsonY
- Deborah L. GrossY
- Erika StrassburgerY
- Khari MosleyY
- Kim SalinetroY
- R. Daniel LavelleY
- Robert Charland—
Source text
From the legislative file
..title Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Study phase and the Preliminary Design phase of the Beaver Avenue Esplanade Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), an increase of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 100%, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. ..body Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows: Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Study phase and the Preliminary Design phase of the Beaver Avenue Esplanade Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) to be paid from the following accounts: Phase JDE JOB NO. JDE FUND BUDGET YEAR PREVIOUS AMOUNT CURRENT AMOUNT TOTAL AMOUNT SOURCE Study Phase 6025050123 40114 2023 $250,000.00 - $250,000.00 FHWA 6025050126 40114 2026 - $75,000.00 $75,000.00 FHWA Preliminary Design 6025050127 40114 2027 - $675,000.00 $675,000.00 FHWA TOTAL $250,000.00 $750,000.00 $1,000,000.00 Section 2. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation for the Study phase and the Preliminary Design phase of the Beaver Avenue Esplanade Project at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
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