The Wright City Board of Aldermen approved a contract with Bill Hampton for right-of-way negotiations on Roelker Road at their July 10 meeting.
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The Wright City Board of Aldermen approved a contract with Bill Hampton for right-of-way negotiations on Roelker Road at their July 10 meeting.
The contract was approved unanimously.
Hampton will be negotiating right-of-way purchases on 20 parcels of land along Roelker Road around the Wright City High School to make room for the third phase of the Roelker Road improvement project. The city needs to acquire additional property on the road so there is room to widen the road and add a turn lane in front of the high school.
Mayor Michelle Heiliger said Hampton will be paid $2,100 for each parcel he negotiates or $600 per parcel if waiver valuations are required. The payment to property owners will be based on the impact the right of way makes on their respective parcels.
Heiliger said while Hampton is being paid on a parcel-by-parcel basis, the contract is not to exceed $54,000.
“That is for 20 different parcels with various temporary and/or permanent drainage easements,” said City Attorney Paul Rost.
Rost said the funds for the contract will be pulled from the city’s $6.5 million bond issue for road improvements approved by voters in the April 2024 election.
The ballot language of that bond specified the funds must be obligated to road improvements starting with Roelker Road. Rost clarified that acquisition of property for right-of-way was an acceptable use spelled out in that language.
Roelker Road was overlaid by Mid River Asphalt last month at a cost of roughly $400,000, completing the second phase of the project.
Once right-of-way negotiations are complete, the city will move forward with soliciting bids for the construction work on the third phase of the project.
