WHEELING — City council is set to move forward with the first phase of the long-awaited Robrecht Park project near the mouth of Wheeling Creek.

A second reading of an ordinance to fund Phase 1 of the project is slated to be heard Tuesday night during the first December meeting of Wheeling City Council. The ordinance, if approved by vote by city council, will authorize City Manager Robert Herron to spend $473,149 with Cast and Baker of Canonsburg, Pa., for the Robrecht Trailhead Project Phase 1 earthwork and planting.

If the legislation is passed as expected, the city will use $250,000 from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant and $223,149 from the city’s Project Fund to move forward with the work.

Cast and Baker was the lowest bidder for the job. By comparison, Savage Constructi

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