Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing Funding in an Amount Not to Exceed $530,000.00 and Approval of Contracts, Including Design Services and Survey Services with Dunaway Associates, LLC, to Prepare West. Broad Street at Retta Rd. for Public Bidding and Construction (Street Bond Fund)
Requested Action
Consider the authorization of funding and approval of contracts.
Recommendation
The authorization of funding in an amount not to exceed $530,000.00 and approval of a contracts, including design and survey services with Dunaway Associates, LLC, to prepare West Broad Street at Retta Rd. for public bidding and construction.
Description/History
West Broad Street was improved in 2012 to just east of the intersection with Retta Road. Since 2012, traffic volumes have increased significantly at this western limit of Mansfield. There are safety concerns at the intersections with Retta Road and Lillian Road due to increased volume, turning movements, horizontal and vertical visibility, and the angle of the Lillian Rd. intersection.
An alternatives analysis was prepared by Dunaway Associates, LLC that resulted in two alternatives, a signalized intersection, and a multilane roundabout. Both alternatives were presented to city council at a work session and council agreed to move forward with the roundabout design.
West Broad Street will be improved to a four-lane divided concrete roadway from its current two-lane asphalt rural section with a multilane roundabout at the intersection of Retta Road. The project scope includes an extensive landscape design as this will be a significant entryway to Mansfield from the west.
This project is part of the 2022 Roadway Capital Improvement Plan with an estimated construction cost of $2,743,270.08.
The requested funds are for design and survey services with Dunaway Associates, LLC in the amount of $420,000.00 which includes an additional 5% design fee contingency for potential design scope changes, $100,000.00 for rig...
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