STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: November 8, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dr. Robert Perez
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an increase in the construction services contract with The Fain Group, Inc. for additional traffic signal and pedestrian improvements at Fort Worth Avenue and Bahama Drive for the Collective Mixed-Use Sustainable Development Project - Not to exceed $287,498.84, from $1,980,984.00 to $2,268,482.84 - Financing: Fort Worth Avenue Tax Increment Financing Fund
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BACKGROUND
The Collective Sustainable Development Infrastructure Project is a partnership project with the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), which was selected by the NCTCOG's Sustainable Development Infrastructure Improvement Program. The Collective Sustainable Development Infrastructure Project is being implemented in two phases in order to accommodate planned mixed-use development in the area by the Lincoln Property Company.
Phase 1 entailed sidewalks and pedestrian lighting improvements along Fort Worth Avenue between Colorado Boulevard and Bahama Drive, which was completed in August 2017. Phase 2 improvements include bike lanes on Fort Worth Avenue, from Bahama Drive to Interstate Highway 30; on Colorado Boulevard, from Fort Worth Avenue to Hampton Road; on Bahama Drive, from Fort Worth Avenue to Plymouth Road; intersection improvements including signal upgrades on Fort Worth Avenue at Bahama Drive and at Jacqueline Drive and on Plymouth Road at Hampton Road, sidewalk improvements and connection to the Coombs Creek Trail in the City of Dallas.
A developer had plans to redevelop the property directly across from the intersection of Fort Worth Avenue and Bahama Drive. The developer was responsible for traffic signal and pedestrian improvements at Fort Worth Avenu...
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