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CONTRACT K-1516-123: A RIGHT-OF-WAY, PUBLIC UTILITY AND ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT) FOR FEDERAL AID PROJECT J3-0501(004)AG, STATE JOB 30501(04) FOR THE 36TH AVENUE N.W. AND HAVENBROOK STREET INTERSECTION WIDENING AND SIGNALIZATION PROJECT AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-1516-95.
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BACKGROUND: The 2015 - Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) 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. Intersection widening with new traffic signals along federal functionally classified roads are eligible for 80% federal funding.
In 1996, the 36th Avenue NW and Robinson Street intersection was improved including the widening of 36th Avenue NW south to a point approximately 300 feet north of Havenbrook Street. Since then, the increasing volume of traffic and the resulting increase in accidents have exposed the need for a traffic signal with dedicated left turn lanes at the 36th Avenue NW and Havenbrook Street intersection. An aerial photo of this area is included as an attachment.
On February 26, 2013, City Council approved contract K-1213-162 with EST, Inc. of Norman, Oklahoma, for the design of the project and agreed to pay $79,510 for this service.
On November 26, 2013, City Council adopted resolution R-1314-62 requesting federal funds for the widening and signalization of the 36th Avenue NW and Havenbrook Street intersection. 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 2016 by both the Intermodal Technical and Policy Committees of ACOG. Transportation federal safety funds ($977,850) to pay for 80% of the construction costs have been secured in Federal Fiscal Year 2017.
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