Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The City of Columbus is engaged in a project identified as the North High Street - Flint Road to County Line Improvement Project. The purpose of this project is to widen High Street by one lane in each direction, add ADA compliant sidewalks and curb ramps, improve drainage and update the traffic signals from Flint Road north to the Delaware County line.
The Department of Public Service has an existing contract with Barr and Prevost for the design of this project. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify and increase this contract. The design of the project has been finished to meet City of Columbus requirements. The city has applied for Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) funds for construction. To qualify for this funding, this project must meet federal requirements which includes a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document and each signal must be warranted. As part of this modification the consultant will prepare a NEPA document (which includes: ecological study, phase 1 cultural study, environmental site assessment screening, air quality analysis, preliminary noise analysis, archeology survey), and perform a warrant analysis at each signalized intersection. Design is estimated to be completed by February 2011. This consultant has all of the drawing files, survey data, and intimate knowledge of the design of this project. The cost for this modification was determined by negotiations with the design consultant.
0.95 miles of 5 foot wide sidewalk will be added or reconstructed in this project on the West side of the road.
0.95 miles of shared-use path on the east side. 38 ADA ramps will be added or reconstructed in this project.
This project complies with the recommendation of the Pedestrian Thoroughfare Plan because it provides a 5 foot sidewalk for the length of the project. Pedestrian generators and destinations impacting the proposed project include restaurants, a ...
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