Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing of Funding in an Amount Not to Exceed $175,000.00 and Approval of a Contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for Engineering Design Services to Prepare Seeton Road Roadway and Embankment Improvements at Joe Pool Lake for Public Bidding and Construction (Street Bond Fund)
Requested Action
Consider the authorization of funding and approval of the contract.
Recommendation
The authorization of funding in an amount not to exceed $175,000.00 and approval of a contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for engineering design services to prepare , Seeton Road Roadway and Embankment Improvements at Joe Pool Lake for public bidding and construction.
Description/History
Seeton Road lies on the western side of Joe Pool Lake. This roadway is a north/south, two-lane asphalt roadway and includes a bridge over Low Branch that drains into Joe Pool Lake. The bridge and earthen embankments on each end of the bridge were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) around 1985. The roadway approaches to the bridge were constructed using earthen fill to elevate the roadway and bridge deck above design flood elevations of Low Branch and Joe Pool Lake. The City maintains this roadway over the lake. Within the last several years, the City has consistently added asphalt overlays along the approach embankments on each end of the bridge to compensate for settlement within the earthen fill. The asphalt thickness within the overlay sections has now accumulated to over 12 inches in some locations near the bridge and the guardrails have moved down the embankment. Based upon movement within the asphalt overlays, the settlement is occurring at an increasing rate. The increased traffic in the area could be contributing to the settlement.
Freese and Nichols, Inc. have completed a geotechnical investigation of the embankment movement and theorize that desiccation cracks along with possible slope creep resulted in movement of the embankment and pav...
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