PILLAR: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: October 28, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 14
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation and Public Works
PRIORITY: Infrastructure
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) a professional services contract with Halff Associates, Inc. to provide engineering design services for the McKinney Ave/Cole Avenue Two-way Conversion Project (also known as the Uptown McKinney Avenue/Cole Avenue Couplet); and (2) the release of the remaining encumbered funds following the termination of the professional services contract with Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., previously authorized by Resolution No. 23-1636, on December 13, 2023, to be utilized under the new contract – Not to exceed $3,552,041.00 – Financing: Street and Transportation (A) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund) ($1,544,043.49), 2024B Certificates of Obligation Fund ($1,892,997.51), Water Capital Improvement F Fund ($50,905.00), and Wastewater Capital Improvement F Fund ($64,095.00)
*In alignment with Infrastructure Management Plan.
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BACKGROUND
The Uptown McKinney Avenue/Cole Avenue Couplet is a partnership project between the City of Dallas and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to convert McKinney Avenue from Allen Street to Harvard Avenue, Allen Street from McKinney Avenue to Carlisle Street, Carlisle Street from Allen Street to Cole Avenue, and Cole Avenue from Carlisle Street to Harvard Avenue from existing one-way roadways to two-way special three-lane undivided roadways. The project will also relocate the existing trolley tracks and the overhead catenary system and provide associated signal, signage, and pedestrian improvements. The City is the lead agency to administer the design and construction of the project.
On October 12, 2017, the Regional Transportation Council approved over $43.5 million in federal funding for the City of Dallas’ proposed 2017 Bond Program Projects.
On December 13, 2023, the ...
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