ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to Accept the LOW BID of ILLINOIS CIVIL CONTRACTORS, INC., in the Amount of $263,882.47, with an Additional Authorization of $29,139.83 for Contingencies, for a Total Award of $293,022.30 for the BIKEPATHS PROJECT. (District 5)
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BACKGROUND: Many improvements in Growth Cell 1 have included bike-paths or sidewalks; however, additional construction is required in order to make connections, provide continuity, and implement the trail plan. The focus of this project will be infill of short gaps such as those along Allen Road, north of Wilhelm, and longer gaps such as along Alta Road between Allen and Knoxville. Contributions from future developers may be used as they become available. Work will require engineering, ROW acquisition in some cases, and contracted construction. The City's Engineering Consultant has administered this program since 2012.
Council authorized purchase of a portion of right-of-way for this project under Item #14-004 in the amount of $27,750.00. This right-of-way was necessary in order to accommodate the bike trail on Alta Road.
Bike trail will be added on the north side of Alta Road from Knoxville Avenue to Churchill Drive. A second bike trail will be installed on the south side of Mossville Road/Wilhelm Road to connect from Sleepy Hollow Road to the existing Wilhelm Road bike trail. Northminster Church graciously donated a permanent easement for a bike trail across their northern property. That easement was needed in order to avoid impacting the ditch along Mossville Road.
The third piece of construction on this project is to add a segment of sidewalk along Ravinwoods Road on both the east and west sides of Knoxville Avenue. Pedestrian signals will be added at Knoxville/ Ravinwoods and Knoxville/Wilhelm to provide safe passage across Knoxville Avenue. Recent pedestrian-vehicle collisions have occurred in this vicinity...
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