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Wichita plans to enter rarefied air when it comes to spending on a pedestrian footbridge, and it’s receiving a small donation from Koch Inc. to tweak the project.
An action item on Tuesday’s City Council agenda would boost funding to more than $18 million for the Redbud Trail’s pedestrian overpass at Rock Road in east Wichita. The artistic bridge — designed by Ed Carpenter of Portland, Oregon — would resemble a Venus flytrap, with poles jutting out from either side of the bridge…