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CONTRACT K-1415-106: A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PROJECT AGREEMENT HSIPG-214B(030)AG, STATE JOB 29292(04), FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA STREET AND FINDLAY AVENUE AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-1415-80.
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BACKGROUND: The 2012 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) federal transportation funding bill allocates approximately $20 Million in Federal funds per year for the implementation of eligible transportation improvements in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. New traffic signals along federal functionally classified roads are eligible for 100% federal funding.
On November 22, 2011, City Council adopted Resolution R-1112-71 requesting federal funds for the construction of the new traffic signal and its interconnection to signals along Alameda Street between Porter Avenue/Classen Boulevard and 12th Avenue East. The project was submitted to the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) with a request to include it in the Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). This request was approved in June of 2013 by both the Intermodal Technical and Policy Committees of ACOG. As a result, transportation federal safety funds to pay for 100% of the construction costs were secured in Federal Fiscal Year 2014.
Alameda Street, from Porter Avenue/Classen Boulevard to 12th Avenue East, was widened to five lanes in 1996, including a continuous middle lane provided for left turn maneuvers. Due to ever increasing traffic volumes and the resulting increase of accidents, the intersection of Alameda Street and Findlay Avenue became eligible for a traffic signal in accordance with the City's traffic ordinance. The intersection has public streets on the west, north and east sides, and three commercial driveways not aligned with the intersection on the south side. An aerial photo is provided an attac...
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