JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown City Council met in a special session on Wednesday evening.

The council was considering whether to accept an ND DOT grant for pedestrian bridge repairs at McElroy, Nickeus, and Klaus Parks. The grant from the ND DOT has been approved for Jamestown for 80 percent up to 1 million dollars. According to Mayor Dwaine Heinrich, the costs according to estimates would be around 1.6 million dollars to replace all three bridges.

Heinrich said that the city engineer has been in contact with the DOT and that they will allow the city to bid for replacing all 3 bridges, with McElroy park’s bridge being an alternative. The city will have the right to choose to replace only 2 of the bridges (Klaus, and Nickeus). Heinrich said the city’s portion of the cost would be paid for a city-wide special assessment.

Mayor Heinrich believes this is a project most citizens would be in favor of…

The project would be put on the calendar for the 2024 season. The vote was unanimously approved.