Title/Name/Summary
LaGrange Road Corridor - Landscape Architecture Design - Norris Design Proposal - Additional Services Agreement #1
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 the need for aesthetic enhancements.
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.
On January 17, 2011, Norris Design’s original proposal of $111,600 was approved by the Board. Over the last two years the Village and Norris Design have continued to coordinate with Palos Park, Orland Hills, Tinley Park and IDOT on the various enhancements along the LaGrange Corridor. This coordination effort included numerous meeti...
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