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LaGrange Road Corridor - Landscape Architecture Design - Norris Design Proposal
History
The current roadway design efforts for the LaGrange Road Corridor (Corridor) are under the control and direction of the Illinois District of Transportation (IDOT). IDOT design criteria include standard landscape and roadway improvements defined within their Bureau of Design Engineering (BDE) manuals and related specifications.
On April 19, 2010, the Village adopted a Corridor Master Plan that was developed by T.Y. Lin Associates following a series of meetings with the adjacent Corridor communities: Palos Park, Orland Hills and Tinley Park. The vision of the Corridor Master Plan is to provide certain aesthetic enhancements and multi-mobility options that provide corridor connectivity while retaining community identity.
In order to include Corridor Master Plan elements within the IDOT Corridor plans being developed, the corridor communities must hire a Landscape Architect to develop plans, specifications and estimates for inclusion within the plans being developed by IDOT. Staff has been meeting periodically with the corridor communities on several common topics including this need for aesthetic enhancements. All communities have agreed to use the Consultant selected by Orland Park, so long as there is good value and an ability to include local-preference options for roadway sections within a given community’s jurisdiction.
Following Norris Design’s successful project interaction and implementation with landscape and aesthetic enhancements desired by the Village for inclusion with the Village’s 143rd Street and LaGrange Road Intersection Improvement project, staff requested that Norris Design prepare and submit a scope and fee proposal to provide similar design services for the IDOT Corridor project.
Staff has received and reviewed the December 6, 2010 Norris Design proposal, and finds the scope and fee reasonable and customary for similar services that have be...
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