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CONTRACT K-2021-87: A PROJECT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT) FOR PROJECT STP-214(D)(113)AG, STATE JOB 34983(04), FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA STREET AND SUMMIT LAKES BOULEVARD/LOCHWOOD DRIVE AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-2021-80.
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BACKGROUND: The 2012 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) federal transportation funding bill allocates approximately $21 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 February 13, 2007, City Council adopted Resolution R-0607-83 requesting federal funds for the construction of the new traffic signal and its interconnection to signals along Alameda Street east of 24th Avenue SE. 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 January of 2020 by both the Intermodal Technical and Policy Committees of ACOG. As a result, transportation federal safety funds to pay up to $217,465 in construction costs were secured in Federal Fiscal Year 2021. Total construction costs are estimated at just over $275,000. Traffic impact fees are available to cover a large portion of the difference.
The intersection of Alameda Street and Summit Lakes Boulevard/Lochwood Drive became eligible for a traffic signal in accordance with the City's traffic ordinance in the fall of 2019. The intersection serves large residential subdivisions on the north and south sides of Alameda Street (an aerial photo of this area is included in Attachment No. 1).
A Work Order with Garver, LLC, was negotiated on November 15, 2019, through the Agreement for On-Call Engineering and Envir...
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