DATE: July 19, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Mission Boulevard and Blanche Street & Gading Road and Huntwood Way Intersections Safety Improvements: Award of Contract
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I) awarding the contract to W. Bradley Electric, Inc., in the amount of $688,268; and authorizing the expenditure of an additional $40,000 on this contract for contingencies, and design and administration costs; and
2. Appropriates an additional $100,000 for this project from the Transportation System Improvement Fund and $154,268 from the Street System Improvement Fund.
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BACKGROUND
A City-wide traffic safety improvement study identified the need for improvements at the intersections of Mission Boulevard/Blanche Street, as well as Gading Road/Huntwood Way.
At the intersection of Mission Boulevard/Blanche Street, the pedestrian crosswalk is unprotected across four lanes of Mission Boulevard. This crosswalk is used by school children going to and from Conley-Caraballo High School. At the intersection of Gading Road/Huntwood Way, there is an unsafe left turn movement from Huntwood Way into Gading Road, and an unprotected left turn movement from Gading Road into Huntwood Way. The project location map is referenced in Attachment II.
In early 2013, staff applied for federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding and received $396,000 to improve the above mentioned intersections. On May 17, 2016, Council approved the plans and specifications for the Mission Boulevard/Blanche Street and Gading Road/Huntwood Way Safety Improvements. Staff subsequently called for bids to be received on June 14, 2016.
DISCUSSION
Collision data demonstrated a pattern of high-collision incidents at the above noted intersections. Broadside, sideswipe, rear-end, and vehicle-pedestrian collisions were the most commo...
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