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CONTRACT K-1819-110: A PROJECT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT) FOR FEDERAL-AID PROJECT STP-214B(091)AG, J/P 30606(04) FOR THE 24TH AVENUE N.W. AND TEE DRIVE/TEE CIRCLE INTERSECTION SIGNALIZATION AND WIDENING PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $338,720 FOR THE CITY'S LOCAL SHARE AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-1819-81.
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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 early 2012, citizens and area business owners began to request the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of 24th Avenue NW and Tee Drive / Tee Circle. An aerial photo of this area is included in Attachment No. 1. As customary and required, traffic data was collected and analyzed to determine if the volume of traffic was high enough to justify the need for a new traffic signal. Satisfaction of minimum traffic volume threshold levels is required in order to comply with the City's Code requirements for traffic signal control at an intersection, as established in the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which is adopted by reference into the City's Code of Ordinances.
On February 8, 2012, City staff completed a traffic study and determined that the volume of traffic and the frequency of traffic collisions were high enough to justify the installation of a traffic signal and the widening of 24th Avenue NW to provide dedicated left turn lanes. Installing the northbound and southbound left turn lanes will require widening of the existing four-lane section at the intersection. Also included with this project will be an upgrade to L.E.D. of the street light...
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