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143rd Street Watermain Extension - V3 Companies - Contract
History
As plans were finalized and work undertaken for the current 143rd Street and LaGrange Road Intersection Improvement Project (the Project), watermain relocation design and construction work was undertaken for that portion of the watermain work required within the known limits of the Project. As such, watermain work was halted generally at the intersection of 143rd Street and Beacon Avenue. Concurrent work involving 143rd Street is included in the upcoming Metra rail overpass structure relocation project set to be Let in January 2011 by IDOT as well as in the ultimate 143rd Street widening and reconstruction project, presently in Phase I engineering.
As the design work progressed for the Metra Overpass Project (Metra Project), Staff identified an opportunity to fill a gap and create a loop of watermain north of the current Project limits which extends beneath the Metra rail tracks 143rd Street crossing.
Work required of the Metra Project will include the installation of new and temporary rail tracks, providing a unique opportunity for the Village to complete a critical portion of upcoming watermain and rail crossing work that will be required when 143rd Street is fully improved and widened west of LaGrange Road, ultimately west to Will-Cook Road.
The Village has recently amended and finalized project limits for design and construction work along 143rd Street related to work performed by V3 and McDonough. As a result of this opportunity, V3 will extend their design limits west to generally the east side of the intersection of 143rd Street and Southwest Highway. McDonough will reduce their limits to meet the extended V3 limits, eliminating the current design overlap from Beacon Avenue to LaGrange Road.
V3 will amend their current 143rd Street and LaGrange Road Intersection Improvement design to include this watermain extension beneath the Metra Project as it is a logical extensio...
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