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CONTRACT K-1516-124: A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT) FOR FEDERAL-AID PROJECT HSIPIG-214C(065)TR, STATE JOB. 32404(04) FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 77H (12TH AVENUE N.E./SOONER ROAD) AND INDIAN HILLS ROAD AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-1516-97 AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION FROM THE CAPITAL FUND BALANCE.
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BACKGROUND: The 2015 - Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) federal transportation funding bill allocates federal funds for the implementation of eligible transportation improvement projects along the State Highway System, including the installation of new traffic signals.
In 2012, the City of Moore retained the services of Traffic Engineering Consultants, Inc. to conduct a traffic signal warrant analysis of the State Highway 77H (12th Avenue NE in Norman and Sooner Road in Moore) and Indian Hills Road intersection. The study concluded that traffic volumes at the intersection are high enough to justify the installation of a new traffic signal. Attached is a location map of the subject intersection.
The responsibility for traffic control at this intersection is shared among the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), the City of Moore, Cleveland County and the City of Norman. As such, all parties should contribute toward the funding of a new traffic signal at this intersection.
The City's current Capital Improvement Program includes a project to signalize the intersection. The local share for the City of Norman represents 1/3 of the total local match, with the City of Moore and Cleveland County contributing the same amount, and ODOT participating with 75% of the construction cost through their allocation of federal surface transportation program funds.
On November 25, 2014, City Council adopted resolution R-1415-58 requesting federal funds for the construction of the new traffic signal. Similar action was taken by the City of M...
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