In January, there was talk from the city of Dayton for multiple phases of the Riverfront Commons project to go underway, with phase two happening this summer. At the Dayton City Council meeting on March 1, the council passed an order/resolution to help move these projects along.
The project’s news came out of Dayton back in January from City Administrator Jay Fosset.
“That [the project] was approved by the state,” Dayton City Administrator Jay Fosset said. “On top of the levee, there is a trail system, but along the river’s edge, we’re building another trail system. About one-third of it was done two years ago. The next third will be done this summer. The third and final section will be done- well, it’s being designed this year; it will probably be done hopefully next year. At least in the next one or two years, it will be completed. When it’s finished, it will create a whole 3-mile loop along the river. So, you can go along the river’s edge, then go on top of the flood wall and the levee system for three miles. So that will be a trial system. So, phase two of that will be going on this summer.”
At the Dayton City council meeting this week, those plans were discussed in Order/Resolution 2022#10R, authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract with Prime AE Group, Inc. in the amount of $94,335 for design engineering and related services for phase three of the Riverfront Commons River’s Edge Trail project.
Dayton Mayor Ben Baker made the motion to accept the resolution, which unanimously went through by the council.
A grant from the state will cover 80% of the cost, Fosset said, and the city will pay the remaining 20% of the $94,335. The city will pay the total amount and then be reimbursed for their 80% from the grant.
Fosset also said that the city is waiting to hear back from the state on a grant that would allow for a staircase to be built that would go from the top of the floodwall down to the road and connect with the project.
