Title
Resolution - Authorization of Funding in an Amount Not to Exceed $523,800.00 and Approval of a Contract with Halff Associates Inc. for Engineering Design Services to Prepare the North Main Street (US Business Hwy 287) to FM 157 Connector Roadway 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 $523,800.00 and approval of a contract with Halff Associates Inc. for engineering design services to prepare the North Main Street (US Business Hwy 287) to FM 157 Connector Roadway for public bidding and construction.
Description/History
When North Main Street (US Business Hwy 287) was realigned with FM 157 the realignment created a sharp 90-degree curve close to the intersection with FM 157. The sharp curve makes it difficult for large trucks to maneuver around the turn. Furthermore, the sharp curve has been a location of numerous accidents. With the creation and adoption of the 2006 Master Thoroughfare Plan, an east-west major collector roadway was added at a location approximately 2,100 feet north of the North Main Street/FM 157 intersection. The intent of the collector roadway is to reduce traffic and truck volumes around Legacy High School and at the N. Main Street/FM 157 intersection to avoid the sharp curve.
In November 2017, Council approved by Resolution #3425-17, a preliminary engineering contract with Halff Associates, Inc. for preliminary design survey, a traffic study which investigated the anticipated benefits and impacts of this collector roadway, a drainage study of Watson Branch, Coordination with TxDOT, schematic design and preparation of right-of-way documents. This current proposed contract will take the project from schematic phase to full engineering plans that will provide for public bidding and construction of the project.
The project will design the 4-lane undivided roa...
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