Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into an agreement with and authorize payment to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the Roberts Road reconstruction project. This project will reconstruct and widen Roberts Road into an arterial street with 2 lanes in each direction, a center turn lane, additional turn lanes at International Street and Walcutt Road, bike lanes and sidewalks where feasible, lying within the City of Columbus. The limits of the project extend from Hilliard Rome Road to the west ramps of Interstate Route 270 (FRA- CR28-6.02 PID 24465). The project is scheduled to begin construction in July 2007 and end September 2008.
Emergency action is requested in order to return necessary paperwork to meet ODOT's schedule to bid this project in June 2007.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of construction for this project is now estimated at $10,500,000.00, including inspection. The MORPC contribution for this project is $7,163,732.00, the amount of the State Infrastructure Bank (S.I.B.) loan being applied for by the City. This project has also received a grant in the amount of $2,400,611.00 from the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC). This ordinance authorizes the City's estimated share after MORPC funding, S.I.B. Loan and the OPWC grant. This amount is currently estimated at $1,450,000.00, including project contingencies. Funds for the City's share of this project are budgeted in the 2007 Transportation Division Capital Improvement Budget.
Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into agreement with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation for the Roberts Road reconstruction and widening project; to amend the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the transfer of $1,255,018.50 within the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Street and Highways Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $1,450,000.00 within the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Street and Highway Fund...
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