Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The City of Columbus is currently engaged in, and is partnering with the City of Canal Winchester for the Roadway Improvements - Gender Road Improvement Project.
Ordinance 1726-2011 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a cooperative design agreement with the City of Canal Winchester for this project.
This project will focus on roadway and traffic improvements to Gender Road from US-33 to Lehman Road. The project will be constructed to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion along the project corridor.
Improvements to Gender Road to be constructed will include widening and partial-depth pavement repair/resurfacing from US-33 to Winchester Highlands Drive. The pavement widening will be constructed to be generally one lane in width to provide for a center left turn lane. The widening will be constructed to occur on both sides of Gender Road to make maximum use of existing right-of-way.
Improvements to Winchester Pike to be constructed will include widening and partial-depth pavement repair/resurfacing from Gender Road to approximately 750 feet west of Gender Road to extend the existing eastbound left turn lane in order to provide additional storage volume. Pavement widening will be constructed to occur on the north side of Winchester Pike to take advantage of additional right-of-way width on this side of the road.
Also, due to the widening of Gender Road pavement, modifications to the US-33 westbound entrance ramp will be required.
A sidewalk, solely in Columbus, shall be constructed as part of this project. The sidewalk is located on the east side of Gender Road between Winchester Highlands Drive and Lehman Road, a distance of approximately 590 linear feet. Columbus shall design the sidewalk and provide plans and proposal sheets for bidding.
The purpose of the legislation is to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to enter into a cooperative construction agreement with ...
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