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Community Development Services, Department of Transportation, recommending the Board consider the following pertaining to the Sly Park Road at Clear Creek Crossing - Bridge Replacement Project, Contract PW 11-30579, CIP 77115, P&C 003-C1899:
1) Approve and adopt the Plans and Contract Documents and authorize the Chair to sign the Plans; and
2) Authorize advertisement for construction bids.
FUNDING: Highway Bridge Program (86%), Regional Surface Transportation Program Funds - Exchange and Match (1%), Traffic Impact Mitigation Fees - Zones 1-7 and West Slope (12%), and Road Fund (<1%). (Federal and Local Funds)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services (CDS), Department of Transportation (Transportation), recommending the Board consider the following pertaining to the Sly Park Road at Clear Creek Crossing - Bridge Replacement Project (Project), Contract PW 11-30579, Capital Improvement Program (CIP) 77115, P&C 003-C1899:
1) Approve and adopt the Plans and Contract Documents and authorize the Chair to sign the Plans; and
2) Authorize advertisement for construction bids (the total estimated cost for the construction phase of the Project is $4,233,400).
The Project is included in Transportation’s 2017 CIP, which was adopted by the Board on June 27, 2017 (Item 25).
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Project consists of construction of a cast-in-place pre-stressed concrete slab bridge over Clear Creek; removal of the existing structure; grading and paving for the new bridge approaches and re-aligned roadway; roadway and ditch excavation; signing and striping; and, drainage system improvements.
The Project was initially programmed in the CIP and Highway Bridge Program (HBP) in 2007. The existing bridge is ranked as one of El Dorado County's top ten priority bridge sites for recommended improvements due to its deficiencies and average daily traffic of 3,000 vehicles. The bridge was built in 1936 and is functionally obsolete by today's standards...
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