TITLE: Title
Request to Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Supplemental Agreement with NCDOT to Extend Project Milestones for the Bike Loop Detector Project (U-4726DF) and to Allocate Local Discretionary Funds to Increase the Project Budget.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to authorize the Town Manager to execute an updated supplemental agreement with NCDOT and to authorize staff to request transportation funds to cover additional estimated expenses to allow the project to move forward.
body
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Finance
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov; Arche McAdoo, Finance Director, 919-918-7300, amcadoo@carrboronc.gov
INFORMATION: The Town has been working on a bike loop detector project to install bike detectors at three intersections downtown (East Main/Roberson, East Main/North Greensboro, Weaver/North Greensboro) and at West Poplar and NC 54 (U-4726DF) for several years. The project was advertised in October 2017 and again in June 2019 but did not receive any bidders either time. Staff had hoped to advertise the project again this summer to take advantage of the work on the East Main Street resurfacing/restriping project as a draw for potential contractors, but NCDOT deemed that the plans needed to be updated to meet current standards. On February 1, 2022, the Council approved a contract amendment with Stantec, the firm that prepared the pavement marking plans and signal plans for the East Main Street project, to prepare updated bid documents for the bike loops (Town of Carrboro - Meeting of Town Council on 2/1/2022 at 7:00 PM (legistar.com).
Design is now at 90-percent complete with one round of NCDOT review. An updated supplemental agreement with NCDOT is needed to extend the project milestones. The Engineer's Estimate for the anticipated cost for cons...
Click here for full text