News about the Verdi pedestrian crossing: The design is great but the City needs a grant to fund part of the construction costs

​The Coast News has a recent article about the new pedestrian undercrossing at Verdi (link below).

The good news is that the design is beautiful. The article has an image of the plan for the crossing and it's worth checking out. The bad news is that the total project cost will be about $8.8 million including all the design work and construction. The City of Encinitas will need to get a grant to cover some of the cost.

The need for a grant introduces a bit of uncertainty into the timing for construction. With no dependency on a grant, construction on the new undercrossing could start in the summer of 2019 and be finished in 2020.

The city and its contractor (HDR) are preparing to submit an application for an Active Transportation Grant to cover as much as $4 million of the costs.

In a recent newsletter article, our mayor (Catherine Blakespear) indicated that the earliest completion date would be in 2021 if a grant was secured.

We'll keep you posted as we find out more.

LINK TO COAST NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT VERDI CROSSING