A plan to extend College Street Northeast north to 15th Avenue Northeast is finally about to be realized, according to city of Lacey information.
In March, city officials said they had secured right of way and easements for nine of 13 properties along the route. Now, all parcels have been acquired, Lacey spokesman Ty Keltner said Thursday.
The project will go out to bid on Dec. 12 and then Lacey City Council could award the contract in January, Keltner said.
The project was previously estimated to take 250 working days.
According to Lacey information, the contract “provides for asphalt planing and overlay, reconstruction of College Street Northeast, Sixth Avenue Northeast, and the intersection,” as well as “a new asphalt roadway and concrete sidewalks along College Street Northeast from Sixth Avenue Northeast to 15th Avenue Northeast.”
This project has been a long time coming.
Lacey Mayor Andy Ryder, who recently turned 50, said he could recall seeing a sign announcing the future extension when he was a student at Chinook Middle School, The Olympian reported in March.