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A contract for replacing the 101-year-old Highland Park Avenue Bridge will come before the Fort Dodge City Council tonight.
The council will also consider the second readings of proposed increases in the monthly water and sanitary sewer bills.
The council's work will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S., with a workshop on future street improvement projects.
The council's business meeting will begin at 6 p.m. That's when the bridge contract will be considered.
The timber frame bridge was built in 1925. It carries Highland Park Avenue over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. Its replacement has been discussed for at least a decade.
Cramer and Associates Inc., of Grimes, has offered the apparent low bid of $3,871,770.68.
If the council awards the contract, the work could begin this coming winter.
The proposed water rate hike would increase the monthly bill for average residential customers to $47.04 on Jan. 1 and to $48.72 on Jan. 1, 2028.
The sanitary sewer bill for the average residential customer would rise to $30.28 per month on Jan. 1 and to $31.29 per month on Jan. 1, 2028.
The council approved the first readings of the increases on Oct. 26.