Westfield’s Board of Public Works and Safety approved an agreement Aug. 28 for the city’s next roundabout project.
Westfield’s Director of Public Works Johnathon Nail said the agreement is related to a planned traffic circle at 161st Street and Springmill Road. The parcel was the last right-of-way the city needed to acquire before a construction schedule could move forward.
Nail said the parcel briefly went to eminent domain, but the city was able to negotiate with the property owner — Shrewsbury, LLC — a settlement agreement without going to trial.
The board approved a purchase agreement of $252,435.
“We feel good about the settlement agreement and the property owner is obviously agreeable to it as well,” Nail said. “We feel like it is a fair compensation for the right-of-way acquisition.”
The agreement includes .288 acres of permanent right-of-way and .167 acres of temporary right-of-way. Work in the temporary easement will be completed Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. and on weekends if approved in advance.
The Board of Public Works and Safety approved the settlement agreement unanimously. The start date for construction was not released.
