Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the City to enter into a contract in an amount up to $899,475.39 for the Sidewalk Installation Program, Phase V project and to pay construction inspection costs up to $126,752.61
The City of Columbus places a high priority on providing safe access to pedestrians. The City has established a multi-year program to fund sidewalk installation projects throughout the City to provide safer pedestrian access by filling in gaps in the existing pedestrian system particularly near schools. The School Sidewalk Program was created in 1999 by then-Council President Michael B. Coleman and Council Member Maryellen O'Shaughnessy. This project is for Phase V of the Sidewalk to Schools Program. Since 2000, the City has constructed 15.14 miles of sidewalks under the School Sidewalk Program, serving 31 schools in Columbus. Expenditures for the previous four phases total more than $4.3 million.
To establish priorities for sidewalk installation, an Interdepartmental Sidewalk Committee was formed that included representatives from the Columbus School system, the Transportation Division and the Mayor's office. The Committee recommended that areas near schools would be the first priority for sidewalk installation. The locations for projects in this project were selected based on the prioritization of the Interdepartmental Sidewalk Committee. Schools that will be served by this project include: Leawood Elementary, North Linden Elementary, Hilltonia Middle School and Yorktown Middle School.
This project consists of the construction of sidewalks and wheelchair ramps at the following locations:
· Vineshire Drive: South of Ellery Drive (west side)
· Dresden Street: Between Coronet Drive and Radnor Avenue
· Cooke Road: Between Karl Road and Dresden Street
· Hansen Avenue, complete the sidewalk missing links west of Dresden Street
· Wheatland Ave: Between Mound Street and Sullivant Avenue
· Highland Ave: Between ...
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