Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to contribute funding to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to support the completion of preliminary engineering relative to the FRA-SR315-Ramp Meter Study.
The aforementioned study will examine SR-315 from the interchange at Goodale Street on the south to the interchange at SR-161 on the north, including the ramp intersections on each of the cross streets, to determine whether metering can be implemented on the entrance ramps to improve operations at the entrance ramp merge points, which would enhance safety and traffic flow on the mainline.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding in the amount of $11,170.20 is available in the Streets and Highways Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service. An amendment to the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget is necessary for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned expenditure. A transfer of funds within the Streets and Highways bond fund is necessary to establish funding in the proper project.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to facilitate payment to ODOT as soon as reasonably practicable so as to avoid any unnecessary delays in the completion of the aforementioned project.
Title
To amend the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the transfer of funds within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $11,170.20 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($11,170.20)
Body
WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is administering the FRA-SR315-Ramp Meter Study, which will examine a stretch of SR-315 between the interchange at Goodale Street and the interchange at SR-161 to determine whether metering can be implemented on the entrance ramps to improve operations at the entrance ramp merge points, which would enhance safety and traffic flow; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned project is located within th...
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