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CIP AND CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS

overlay of Hightower Drive from Lyndale Drive to Rufe Snow Drive. The project includes
a center median, trail, and a shared use lane.

Justification: Hightower Drive is a major thoroughfare in the City. The existing asphalt
pavement is deteriorating. We anticipate this will rejuvenate the area for commercial
development.

Operating Impact: Hightower Drive is a major thoroughfare in the City. This street
improvement project will have little or no impact on operations. It will be funded through
developer fees, the 2018 Certificate of Obligation proceeds and Storm Drain fees.

❖ Description: Watauga Road, Phase I, $9,058,000 – This project includes a full concrete
street reconstruction of Watauga Road from the western city limits to the western right-
of-way of Union Pacific Railroad. The existing bridge near the Watauga Animal Control
Building will being inspected but is anticipated to remain untouched. The project will also
include conceptual engineering for the entire street from the west city limits to the east
city limits.

Justification: Watauga Road is a major economic thoroughfare in the City. The existing
asphalt pavement is deteriorating. We anticipate this will rejuvenate the area for
commercial development.

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