Title
Resolution - A Resolution Awarding a Construction Contract for a Westbound Left-Turn Lane and Driveway Improvements on West Broad Street to GRod Construction, LLC.; Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to Execute Contract Documents; and Authorizing Funding for an Amount Not to Exceed $176,000.00 (Street Bond Fund)
Requested Action
Consider the Resolution awarding a construction contract for a westbound left-turn lane and driveway improvements on West Broad Street to GRod Construction, LLC.; Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to Execute Contract Documents; and Authorizing Funding for an Amount not to exceed $176,000.00.
Recommendation
The Public Works Staff recommends approval of the Resolution.
Description/History
This project will address a traffic/safety issue that has developed on West Broad Street. The location of the driveway for Pioneer Place is located in-between existing median openings. Residents that are westbound on West Broad Street have to stop or significantly slowdown in the inside thru lane to make a U-turn maneuver at the existing median opening which is located west of Pioneer Place (a left-turn lane is not present). This slowing down or stopping of vehicles in the thru lane is not expected by many motorists traveling on West Broad Street which creates sudden hard stops or evasive maneuvers for the thru traffic.
This project will add a westbound left-in only turn lane on West Broad Street at Pioneer Place, modify the existing eastbound left-turn lane to accommodate the left-in only and modify the middle driveway that serves Bethlehem Baptist Church.
The project was advertised in the Fort Worth Star Telegram on August 6 and August 13, 2020 and also advertised on the City webpage and www.civcastusa.com. Bids were opened on August 25, 2020. There were four bidders for the project. One bidder was disqualified for an incomplete submittal. The three remaining bids ranged from a low bid of $161,205.00 to a high b...
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