Mandan's trail along Highway 1806 is lined up for a rebuild, and the Mandan City Commission will consider hiring an engineering firm to design it when commissioners meet Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to the commission's agenda.
The item asks commissioners to approve Task Order 13 with Moore Engineering, a $90,000 contract for design services on what city staff call the Highway 1806 Pedestrian Trail Improvements, according to a memo from the city's Engineering Department in the agenda packet.
The project would rehabilitate the existing trail that runs parallel to Highway 1806, separate vehicles from pedestrians underneath the Interstate 94 bridge, improve pedestrian crossings at Collins and 14th, and address drainage problems along the trail, the packet says. If approved, the project would be designed for construction in 2028, according to the staff memo presented by Assistant City Engineer Riley McAdoo-Roesler.
The city plans to cover most construction costs with a state Transportation Alternatives grant that commissioners accepted at their July 1, 2025 meeting, the memo says. That grant would cover up to 80% of construction costs, according to the packet, which puts the total project estimate at about $925,410 and the local share of the project at $301,298.07.
The trail itself belongs to Mandan Parks & Recreation, which owns and maintains it, the memo says. Because the park district is not eligible for the state's Transportation Alternatives program, the city acts as a pass-through for the money, as it regularly does for such programs, according to the packet. Staff wrote that the two combined their proposals to make a more competitive application.
Under the cost split described in the packet, the city's portion of the work represents about 20% of construction costs and the park district's about 80%. The commission previously approved using sales tax dollars to cover the city's proportionate share, which staff estimate at about $60,000, or about 6.5% of the total project cost, according to the memo. The remaining local costs would be assessed to the Mandan Parks District, and the packet says the park district has concurred with that method.
The same split applies to the design contract. Of the $90,000 task order, the city would be responsible for $18,000, with the rest assessed to the park district after construction is substantially complete, according to the packet. City staff recommend approval, the memo says.
The trail item is one of several on Tuesday's agenda. On the consent agenda, commissioners will consider an amendment to Mandan's 1997 water supply contract with Missouri West Water System, which buys potable water from the city and resells it to rural customers in Morton County, according to a memo from Amy Oster of the city's legal department. The rural system plans to move its primary master meter because of capacity issues, and the memo says the meter location is the only change, with no fiscal impact to the city.
Commissioners are also set to take up final passage of Ordinance 1493, which would rezone about 6.97 acres in the Octavia Addition from agriculture to R7 single-family residential, according to the ordinance text in the packet.
The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Ed “Bosh” Froehlich Meeting Room at Mandan City Hall, according to the agenda. It airs live on Government Access cable channels 2 and 602 HD, the agenda says. The city asks residents who want to comment on an item to email info@cityofmandan.com before noon on the meeting day and include the agenda item number; comments are forwarded to commissioners and departments, according to the agenda.
Sources: Mandan City Commission agenda, Nov. 3, 2026; Mandan City Commission agenda packet, Nov. 3, 2026
