STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: May 24, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 1, 4
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Dr. Robert Perez
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a professional engineering services contract with Halff Associates, Inc. to provide engineering services for the Oak Farms Local Corridors conceptual engineering study in the area from Interstate Highway 30 to the north; Trinity River to the northeast; Beckley Avenue, Elsbeth Street, and Zang Boulevard to the west; Cumberland Street and Marsalis Avenue to the southwest; and DART Red Line to the southeast - Not to exceed $1,078,824.36 - Financing: Oak Farms Project Fund
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BACKGROUND
The Oak Farms Local Corridors conceptual engineering study generally covers the street grid in the area from Interstate Highway 30 to the north; Trinity River to the northeast; Beckley Avenue, Elsbeth Street, and Zang Boulevard to the west; Cumberland Street and Marsalis Avenue to the southwest; and DART Red Line to the southeast.
The project's scope includes preliminary engineering services for development of a feasibility study, design schematic, environmental documents and studies in support of the schematic work, public involvement, and data collection and analysis associated with corridor connections, sidewalks, transit stops/connectivity, bike lanes, streetscape improvements, and other relative services.
This project was approved by the North Central Texas Council of Government's Regional Transportation Council on April 11, 2019.
On February 10, 2021, the City of Dallas and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) entered into an Advanced Funding Agreement (AFA) to accept a grant from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration through TxDOT for the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (Agreement No. CSJ 0918-47-306, CFDA No. 20.205) in the amount of $1,195,0...
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