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CONTRACT NO. K-1213-182: PROJECT AGREEMENT NO. 09031(11) BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT) FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STORM DRAINAGE DIVERSION STRUCTURE AT INTERSTATE 35 AND HIGHWAY NINE WITH THE CITY’S SHARE OF THE PROJECT BEING $1,509,600; ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-117, AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION.
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BACKGROUND: On November 22, 2011, the Norman City Council approved Programming Resolution R-1112-63 requesting federal funds for the West Lindsey Street Improvements between 24th Avenue NW and Berry Road. This resolution states the City’s commitment to adhere to the terms and conditions of a federally funded project. Through the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG,) the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) agrees to provide 80% of the cost, up to $11.5 million, and administer the construction with the 20% matching share from the City of Norman. In order to receive the federal funding, the City of Norman is required to enter into an agreement with ODOT to complete the design, acquire all necessary rights-of-way and relocate utilities and encroachments at 100% the City’s cost.
On August 28, 2012, the citizens of Norman voted in favor of a Bond Issue to finance the local share of eight transportation/storm water improvement projects. One of the eight 2012 bond projects is West Lindsey Street from 24th Avenue S.W. to 700 feet east of Berry Road (attached is a map showing the boundaries of the West Lindsey project). On December 18, 2012, Council approved the engineering design contract for this project with SAIC, LLC.
The roadway portion of the project includes transportation and aesthetic improvements to West Lindsey Street. The West Lindsey Street corridor between Interstate 35 and Berry Road is the most congested corridor in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. This section of West Lindsey Street has a traffic accident rate three (3) times t...
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