Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 4-3-18
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Department of Engineering and Construction
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Presentation regarding the road closures for Houston Street (81st Street) in association with 9th Street Public Improvements Project
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Background:
The 9th Street Widening, Elgin to El Paso is a 2011 and 2014 Streets General Obligation Bond Project to widen 9th Street to 5 lanes from north of Houston Street to north of Elgin Street. Also included is the construction of new traffic signals at the 9th Street and Dallas Street intersection and new parking lots on the east side of 9th Street south and west of the Patio Condominium Homes, Inc. (PCHI) property. The 9th Street Widening, Elgin to El Paso was advertised for bids on November 2 and 9, 2017 with the lowest responsible bidder being Ellsworth Construction. An NTP for this project was issued for March 1, 2018.
The road closure being proposed will allow the contractor to complete the storm sewer crossing from north to south on 81st St / Houston Street between 9th Street and 8th Street south. During this closure, the storm sewer on the north side of the road will be installed as well.
Section 23-28 of the Broken Arrow Code provides for the closure of roads during construction. It provides that City personnel or contractors, while repairing of improving the streets of the city, and city personnel and utility companies, when installing, improving or repairing lines or other public facilities in the streets, are hereby authorized as necessary, subject to control by the City Manager, to close any street during the repair, maintenance or construction. Closure is, of course, predicated on the erection of proper control devices and barricades to warn and notify the public that the street has been closed to traffic.
The road closure will take effect from the west side of the 9th Street and 81st Street / Houston Street intersection to the west side of 8th Street and 81st Street / Houston Street. A detour route will shift traffic through 8th Street south onto East Jackson Place and tying into 9th Street for a duration of 1 week starting April 11, 2018.
Traffic signs will be placed in roadway prior to closure altering the traveling public of the pending detour.
Cost: None
Prepared By: Alex Mills, P.E., Director of Engineering and Construction
Reviewed By: Engineering and Construction Department
Assistant City Manager - Operations
Legal Department
Approved By: Michael L. Spurgeon, City Manager
Attachments: Road Closure Permit
Detour Plan by Ellsworth Construction
Recommendation: No Action Required