Title
Resolution - A Resolution Awarding a Construction Contract for East Seeton Road Maintenance at Low Branch to Advanced Transol Consultants, LLC; Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to Execute Contract Documents; and Authorizing Funding for an Amount Not to Exceed $1,550,000.00 (Street Bond Fund)
Requested Action
Consider the Resolution awarding a construction contract for roadway and embankment repairs on Seeton Road at Low Branch to Advanced Transol Consultants, LLC; authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute contract documents; and authorizing funding for an amount not to exceed $1,550,000.00.
Recommendation
The Public Works Staff recommends approval of the Resolution.
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.
To combat the slope movement the Council approved an engineering contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. on May 29th, 2018 (RE-3472-18). The design provides for removing and replacing the uppe...
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