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CONTRACT NO. K-1314-127: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND FREESE & NICHOLS, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $203,400 FOR THE ROCK CREEK ROAD WIDENING PROJECT FROM GRANDVIEW AVENUE TO 36TH AVENUE N.W.
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BACKGROUND: The Rock Creek Road Improvement Project will improve the remaining unimproved 1/2 mile of Rock Creek Road from Grandview Avenue to 36th Avenue NW. The project is included in the City's FYE 2014-2018 Capital Improvement Program. The project will enhance the existing roadway, improve the storm water system, provide ADA compliant sidewalks, construct on-street bike lanes and provide improvements to the Grandview Avenue intersection. There has been significant development in the area which has generated the need for the improvements. Rock Creek Road currently carries 3,800 vehicles per day and an abundance of pedestrians and bicycle traffic.
DISCUSSION: Development has encompassed much of the frontage along Rock Creek Road west of 36th Avenue NW which, in turn, has generated an increase in all types of traffic. With these increases comes the need to improve the transportation facilities. On May 13, 2014, Council approved the Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) which provides guidelines for the improvements to the transportation system in the City of Norman. The CTP recommends that Rock Creek Road from 36th Avenue to Grandview Avenue be widened from two lanes to three lanes with a center turn lane, 5-foot bike lanes on either side of Rock Creek Road and 8-foot sidewalks to connect to Legacy Trail at 36th Avenue NW. The CTP recommends a "road diet" for Rock Creek Road, west of Grandview Avenue, to mirror the reconstruction between Grandview Avenue and 36th Avenue NW with two lanes, a center turn lane and 5-foot on-street bike lanes. The above recommendations from the CTP will be further evaluated as a part of this proposed engineering contract.
Currently, the intersection of Grandview Avenue and Rock Cree...
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