ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Public Works Director with a Request to Approve the Following Items Related to the PIONEER PARKWAY EXTENSION PROJECT from RADNOR ROAD to ALLEN ROAD [Council District 5]:
A. Amendment 01 to a PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT with CRAWFORD, MURPHY AND TILLY, INC. (CMT), in an Additional Amount not to Exceed $70,277.00 to Prepare Construction Plans, Specifications, and Cost Estimate for the Section of the Project from VILLA LAKE DRIVE to HARKER DRIVE, Subject to Review and Approval of the ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (IDOT) (Amends #12-355-C);
B. A Local Agency Supplemental AGREEMENT for Federal Participation with the ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (IDOT) to Request 80% Federal Funding ($56,800.00) and 20% City Funding ($14,200.00) for the PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT in Item A, Subject to Review and Approval of IDOT (Amends #12-355-D);
C. A Supplemental MFT RESOLUTION, in the Amount of $14,200.00, to Provide Support for the Local Share of the Local Agency Agreement in Item B.
[District 5]
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BACKGROUND: The planning for the extension of Pioneer Parkway began in 2001. The total estimated project cost for the new roadway from Allen Road to Trigger Road is $75 million. On May 17, 2012, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) granted Design Approval for the Pioneer Parkway Extension Project segments of Radnor Road to Allen Road, and from Trigger Road to Woodsage Road. On April 10, 2013 IDOT approved the design engineering agreement to prepare construction plans for the extension of Pioneer Parkway from Allen Road to Villa Lake Road (extended).
On January 23 2014, Councilman Johnson, City Public Works staff, and consultant CMT held a neighborhood meeting, asking the public's input regarding intersection configurations at Allen Road and Pioneer Parkway. Good comments were received for both a 2-lane roundabout and a traditional signalized interse...
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