ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request for the City Manager to Execute an AGREEMENT with the ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, in an Amount Not to Exceed $36,041.00, 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.
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BACKGROUND:
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 (See attached Location Map), 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.
IDOT has agreed to make the surveys, prepare plans and specifications, receive bids and award the contract, furnish engineering inspection during construction, and cause the improvement to be built in accordance with plans, specifications and contract. They have also agreed to pay for all right-of-way, construction and engineering costs, including the cost of railroad adjustments, subject to reimbursement by the City, as stipulated.
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