Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to execute a contract modification with Burgess and Niple, Inc., for design of the Rich Street Bridge over the Scioto River in the amount of $50,000.00.
The purpose of this contract was to design the replacement of the existing Town Street bridge on a new alignment that connects Rich Street on the east side of the Scioto River to Town Street on the west side of the Scioto River. Other components of the project include the redesign of West Bank Park between Town Street and Rich Street, including Washington Blvd., and Second Street from Rich Street to Mound Street.
As part of this project approximately 0.25 miles of new bikeway will be added which will allow for a continuous bike path at the river's edge along the west side of the river. Approximately 0.75 miles of sidewalk will be retained in compliance with the walkability and pedestrian quality of service in the downtown area. Also, 30 curb ramps will be added or retained. This project connects to the Scioto Mile project, and supports downtown festival activities, Bicentennial Park, and COSI. Bio-retention planters will also be installed along with street trees, and West Bank Park will be rebuilt.
This modification will be used to provide ongoing construction related services for the Rich Street Bridge project through construction finalization. The funding established in modification #5 was intended to carry the consultant through the construction phase. Since the beginning of construction, several changes occurred that required the consultant to perform services above the original fee. These changes included attending partnering meetings required by ODOT, design of additional LED lighting for the bridge, preparing as-built drawings at the end of construction and making changes to a bridge roadway east of the new bridge.
Burgess and Niple is the engineer of record and needs to be available to continue to answer a...
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