STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: June 26, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a professional engineering services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for traffic signal design services for the following four intersections selected as part of the 2023 Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Public Transportation Improvement Program: South Adams Avenue at Jefferson Boulevard; South Bishop Avenue at Jefferson Boulevard; South Bishop Avenue at West Twelfth Street; Jefferson Boulevard at South Madison Avenue; and other related tasks - Not to exceed $533,300.00 - Financing: DART Transportation Projects Fund
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BACKGROUND
This action will authorize a professional engineering services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for the design of traffic signals at four intersections. This contract is for four of the 22 intersections selected as part of the 2023 DART Public Transportation Improvement Program. The DART Public Transportation Improvement Program will provide funding to reconstruct dated traffic signals and improve pedestrian safety at intersections along DART bus routes.
The following signals will be designed with this contract:
Intersection Council District
South Adams Avenue at Jefferson Boulevard |910|South Bishop Avenue at Jefferson Boulevard |910|South Bishop Avenue at West Twelfth Street |910|Jefferson Boulevard at South Madison Avenue |910|
On September 20, 2023, the City of Dallas released a Request for Qualifications for professional engineering services for the development of traffic signal plans, specifications, and estimates for eight traffic signal groups and received ten proposals from interested firms.
In October 2023, a five-member selection committee consisting of staff from the Department of Transportation, Depart...
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