STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: September 22, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2, 14
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a professional engineering services contract to design a shared use path along Ross Avenue from Greenville Avenue to Interstate Highway 345 - Criado & Associates, Inc., most qualified proposer of two - Not to exceed $740,204.44 - Financing: General Fund ($678,940.44) and Street and Transportation Improvements Fund (2006 General Obligation Bond Fund) ($61,264.00)
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BACKGROUND
The Regional Transportation Council (RTC) awarded $3,836,092.00 for the construction of a shared use path along Ross Avenue from Greenville Avenue to Interstate Highway (IH) 345 through their Transportation Alternatives Program approximately 1.8 miles long. This grant program is intended to promote on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, shared-use paths, and related pedestrian and bicycle safety countermeasures. This program requires local funding for engineering design and environmental review.
If approved, this action will authorize a professional engineering services contract with Criado & Associates, Inc. to design a shared use path along Ross Avenue from Greenville Avenue to IH 345. There will be opportunities for project stakeholders and the public-at-large to provide input to the City early in the design process. This feedback will be incorporated into the project design.
ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF PROJECT
Begin Design November 2021
Complete Design January 2023
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On May 27, 2020, City Council authorized the support of applications for funding for eleven candidate projects to the North Central Texas Council of Governments through the Transportation Alternatives Program for cost reimbursement in the Active Transportation an...
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