Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 04-16-2024
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Presentation and discussion of Street Closure Permit for the lane closure of eastbound traffic on Houston St. immediately east of 23rd St.
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Background:
Sherwood Construction is constructing the road widening project in conjunction with ODOT on 23rd Street from Houston to Kenosha. As part of the project, they are improving the intersection at Houston and 23rd Street as well as the approaches in each direction. In order to safely perform drainage work on the east side of 23rd Street and Houston, the contractor is requesting to close east bound traffic on Houston, just east of 23rd Street. They estimate the closure to last one (1) working day. There may be a future closure of one (1) additional working day to follow.
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 or 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 currently does not have a specific date. City Staff is working with ODOT and Sherwood to try and plan it on a day that has minimal impact to the citizens and school bus traffic.
Traffic signs will be placed along the roadway prior to closure alerting the traveling public of the pending detour.
Cost: $0
Funding Source: N/A
Requested By: Chalie Bright P.E., Director of Engineering and Construction
Approved By: City Manager’s Office
Attachments: Traffic Control Exhibit
Recommendation:
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No action
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