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CONTRACT K-1617-51: A PROJECT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT) FOR FEDERAL-AID PROJECT STPG-214A(074)AG, STATE JOB 31508(04) FOR THE MAIN STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL INTERCONNECT UPGRADE PROJECT BETWEEN 24TH AVENUE WEST AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-1617-26.
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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. Ten percent of this appropriation is used to fund safety projects at 100% of their construction cost. Installation and upgrades of traffic signal interconnect systems are eligible for this level of funding.
The City of Norman began interconnecting its traffic signals in the late 1980's using copper wire in underground conduit and telephone modems for communications. Today, the City has signal interconnect systems along most of its arterial roadways (eleven systems in total). These systems promote the continuous movement of traffic along heavily traveled roadways, minimize overall delay and reduce traffic collision rates (~30% reduction nationally).
While some traffic signals fall into multiple corridors, the eleven interconnect systems in Norman include traffic signals along the following corridors:
* State Highway 9 (Ten Signals)
* Lindsey Street (SH 74A) (Sixteen Signals)
* Main Street (Sixteen Signals)
* Gray Street (Six Signals)
* Robinson Street (Thirteen Signals)
* 12th Avenue East (SH 77H) (Eight Signals)
* 24th Avenue West (Eight Signals)
* Tecumseh Road (Five Signals)
* 36th Avenue West (Five Signals)
* Jenkins Avenue (Eight Signals)
* Classen Boulevard (Five Signals)
In 2009, the Traffic Control Division began the process of upgrading interconnect cables from copper wire to fiber optics and implemented a new advanced traf...
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