To amend the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, to contract for professional services relative to the acquisition of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to property needed for the Roadway - Livingston Ave - 18th St to Nelson Rd project; to authorize the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, to negotiate with property owners to acquire the additional rights of way necessary to complete this project; to authorize the expenditure of $1,200,000.00 from the ODOT Highway Safety Improvement Program and the Streets and Highways Bond Fund to pay for the project; to authorize the Director of Public Service, or a designee, to execute a construction contract, or a similar instrument, and any amendments or modifications thereto as may be necessary, with Norfolk Southern to facilitate the construction of the Roadway - Livingston Ave - 18th St to Nelson Rd project; and to declare an emergency. ($1,200,000.00)

Committee

Public Service & Transportation Committee

Requested by

Service Drafter

Introduced

April 16, 2026

On agenda

May 11, 2026

Passed

May 14, 2026

Where it was heard

Columbus City Council May 11, 2026 Approved Pass

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