Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to grant consent and propose cooperation with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the FRA-70-14.48 (2D) project, which encompasses the reconstruction of the 70/71 east interchange and includes work on Parsons Avenue, Fulton Street, and various intersections and access road connections in the project vicinity.
ODOT will ask the City to approve final legislation for the project at a later date, coinciding with the anticipated start of construction in summer 2016. At that time, ODOT shall request a financial contribution from the City for the project. Payment to ODOT shall be authorized under a separate ordinance.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated cost to construct the aforementioned project is $175,000,000.00. The City is expected to contribute $3,000,000.00 toward that effort. That expenditure will be authorized at a later date under a separate ordinance.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested to allow the Ohio Department of Transportation to maintain the planned schedule for this project.
Title
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to grant consent and propose cooperation with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation for the FRA-70-14.48 (2D) project, which encompasses the reconstruction of the 70/71 east interchange and includes work on Parsons Avenue, Fulton Street, and various intersections and access road connections in the project vicinity; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
The following ordinance enacted by the City of Columbus, Ohio, hereinafter referred to as the Legislative Authority or Local Public Agency or "LPA", in the matter of the stated described projects.
WHEREAS, the STATE has identified the need for the described project: FRA-70-14.48 (2D), which encompasses the reconstruction of the 70/71 east interchange and includes work on Parsons Avenue, Fulton Street, and various inter...
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