Kansas Citians can expect 5.5 acres of greenery to be added to downtown Kansas City, Missouri, from Wyandotte Street over Interstate 670 to Grand Boulevard.

But completing the project will take more money and more time than earlier projections..

The new target cost for Roy Blunt Luminary Park is $315 million, and Jeff Martin, KCMO assistant city manager, said the city and its partners are working to cap the cost there.

That's up from an earlier cost estimate of $200 million.

As information gets more refined, you have a better understanding of what the costs really are, and obviously, inflation is always a factor these days," Martin said.

The city council will vote Oct. 2 on an ordinance that would finalize some funding sources. Martin says an approval of that ordinance would complete

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