ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to Approve a Change Order to the STAGE 3 ORANGE PRAIRIE ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT (NORTH SECTION) CONTRACT with R. A. CULLINAN & SON, A DIVISION of UNITED CONTRACTORS MIDWEST, INC., Subject to Approval by the Illinois Department of Transportation, and to Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Change Order, in the Not-To-Exceed Amount of $342,243.02, for Additional Pedestrian Improvements (Amends 14-154). [District 5]
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BACKGROUND: Orange Prairie Road is a proposed Principal Arterial as shown on the City's Street Plan and Thoroughfare Map. In 2009, the State Legislature provided funds to construct Orange Prairie Road from IL 91/Grange Hall Road/Alta Lane at the north to US 150 (War Memorial Drive) at the south. The funding for the road is provided through an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
The last phase of construction is underway and on target for a September 30, 2015 completion. It appears that there will be approximately $350,000 remaining in the overall $17.8 million grant. The grant is specific to the public infrastructure improvements of the Orange Prairie Road corridor.
In the past year, several issues and opportunities have arisen regarding pedestrian access along the corridor. HyVee has opened the fueling station at the northeast corner of the intersection of War Memorial Drive and Orange Prairie Road, and the adjacent HyVee grocery store is near completion. The Louisville Slugger complex is active, and the Holiday Inn construction is progressing.
HGS (Affina), located at the northwest corner of the intersection of War Memorial Drive and Orange Prairie Road, has hundreds of employees, many of whom travel by bus. HGS management contacted the City with concerns about their employees crossing Orange Prairie Road to walk to the HyVee gas station and other Shoppes of Grand Prairie stores. Also, HGS has ...
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