The Lake Elsinore City Council awarded Van Engineering of Wildomar a construction contract for a parking lot by City Park.The city council’s 5-0 vote on August 12 approved a $526,292 contract for the parking lot. The action also authorized a $52,692 contingency amount which will allow small change orders to be approved by the city manager.The design portion of the parking lot had a low enough cost to be approved administratively. The former railroad easement behind City Park will be transformed into a parking lot with 40 spaces. The construction project will also reconstruct a sidewalk through the park. The work to construct the parking lot will include excavation, grading, a retaining wall, asphalt, a biofilter wetland, and striping.The city advertised the construction contr
