Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 12-06-16
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Department of Engineering and Construction
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Presentation regarding the road closure for Fort Worth Street between 1st Street and Main Street in association with Streetscapes Phase IV Public Improvements Project
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Background:
The Downtown Main Street Streetscape - Phase IV is a continuation of the Rose District improvements started in 2010. Phase IV includes improvements to Main Street between Dallas and Galveston streets and between College and Detroit streets, as well as Commercial, Dallas, El Paso, and Fort Worth streets east and west of Main Street. Improvements include road diet, concrete and brick pedestrian paving and two mid-block pedestrian crossings, masonry seat walls and raised planters, stormwater drainage improvements, decorative street lighting, new traffic signals, signage, and striping, and a new gateway structure at the southwest corner of Main Street and Kenosha. The project was advertised for bids on June 15 and 22, 2016, with the contract being awarded to Tri-Star Construction, LLC, with a proposal of $4,988,002.23.
The road closure being proposed will allow for the contractor to complete the street crossing from the north side of Ft. Worth to the south along Main Street. A new concrete crosswalk with patterned concrete is to be installed. The work taking place within this work area shall also include the construction of a new turning lane radius for the east bound traffic off of Main Street.
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 intersection of 1st street and Ft. Worth and again at Main Street and Ft. Worth. A detour route will shift traffic up to El Paso street for the duration of 1 week starting December 7th, 2016.
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: Assistant City Manager - Operations
Legal Department
Approved By: Michael L. Spurgeon, City Manager
Attachments: Road closure permit by Tri-Star Construction & Detour Plan
Recommendation: No Action Required