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Department of Transportation recommending the Board consider the following pertaining to the Pioneer Trail / U.S. Highway 50 Intersection Safety Improvement Project, Capital Improvement Program project number 36104026, Contract 7614:
1) Approve and adopt the Plans and Contract Documents and authorize the Chair to sign the Plans; and
2) Authorize advertisement for construction bids.
(District 5)
FUNDING: Highway Safety Improvement Program (29.5% - Federal), Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Mitigation Funds (1.5% - Local), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (22% - Federal), Surface Transportation Block Grant (21% - Federal) and State and Local Partnership (26% - State).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Pioneer Trail / U.S. Highway 50 Intersection Safety Improvement Project (Project) is located in the Tahoe Basin at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50/State Route 89 and Pioneer Trail in the community of Meyers. The work consists of converting the existing signalized intersection to a modern single-lane roundabout.
The Board approved this Project's contract documents and authorized Transportation to advertise for construction bids on February 6, 2024 (Legistar file 24-0009). However, during the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) final review of the Project’s contract documents, Caltran's required changes to the contract documents before proceeding with advertising for construction bids. Transportation revised the Project’s contract documents per Caltran's requirements, as the Project is being built in Caltran's right of way. Because the contract documents have been revised since the Board’s February 6, 2024 approval, Transportation is required to return to the Board and request that the Board approve the final contract documents and authorize Transportation to advertise them for construction bids.
Upon Board approval of Transportation’s recommendation for this agenda item, Transportation will proceed with the bid process and ...
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