ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from City Manager and Interim Director of Public Works with a Request to APPROVE an Addendum AGREEMENT with the ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, in the Additional Amount of $4,830.00, for a Total Agreement Amount of $40,871.00, for the City's Participation in Sidewalk, Traffic Signal, and Resurfacing Costs Associated with the Improvement of KNOXVILLE AVENUE (IL ROUTE 40) from Pennsylvania Avenue to Corrington Avenue. (Ref. Council Item 18-014) (Council Districts 2 & 3)
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BACKGROUND:
On January 23, 2018, under Item # 18-014, Council authorized the City to execute an agreement with IDOT in the amount of $36,041 for the City's participation in sidewalk, traffic signal, and resurfacing costs associated with the improvement of Knoxville Avenue from Pennsylvania Avenue to Corrington Avenue.
The State (IDOT), in order to facilitate the free flow of traffic and ensure safety to the motoring and pedestrian public, is desirous of improving approximately 1.16 miles of Knoxville Avenue (IL Route 40), State Section (43-1-CS)RS-4,SW, CITY Section 17-00375-88-TL) by milling, patching, and resurfacing Illinois Route 40 from Pennsylvania Avenue to Corrington Avenue, providing two 11-foot through traffic lanes in each direction, a 10-foot bi-directional center turn lane and auxiliary lanes, by modernizing traffic signals at the IL Route 40 intersection with McClure, Thrush, Nebraska, and Richmond Avenues, reconstructing ADA ramps at the signalized intersections, reconstructing existing manholes, constructing concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk, drainage improvements, and by performing all work necessary to complete the improvement in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. The City is desirous of said improvements in that same will be of immediate benefit to the motoring and pedestrian public and permanent in nature.
A new mid-block crossing has been added to the project that requires an additional $4,830 from ...
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