Title
ComEd Cable Burial - LaGrange Road Corridor- Amended Proposal
History
At the Board Meeting on March 4, 2013, authorization was approved for the relocation of overhead electric facilities along LaGrange Road from 144th Place to 147th Street in the amount of $975,000. At that time, IDOT Engineering for the LaGrange Road Corridor Improvement Project established the need for several retaining walls between 144th Place to 147th Street. The design of the walls has subsequently changed to sheet pile type retaining walls because of logistics with the numerous utilities in the tight right-of-way area. Due to the proximity of the proposed underground ComEd cable to the retaining wall, the installation of the conduit needed to change. The new conduit needs to be installed at a deeper elevation to avoid a conflict with the new wall design. The deeper installation required additional excavation and shoring not included in the original proposal. While the total cost to ComEd is more than $100,000, they have agreed to only pass along an amount of $66,561.
On August 19, 2013, this item was reviewed by the Public Works and Engineering Committee, recommended for approval and referred to the Village Board of Trustees for consideration.
Financial Impact
Funds are available within the 2013 Capital Improvement Fund for this work.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve accepting the amended proposal from ComEd for the relocation of overhead electric facilities along LaGrange Road from 144th Place to 147th Street for an additional $66,561 and a total cost of $1,041,561.