Title
151st Street at West Avenue Roadway Improvements including New Roundabout Construction - Resolution
History
On October 18, 2004, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (CBBEL) was awarded a contract by the Village of Orland Park to design and provide construction documents for the widening and reconstruction of 151st Street from Ravinia Avenue to West Avenue. Included in this document are the design of a new water main, storm sewer, intersection improvements at West Avenue and Ravinia Avenue, and a new roundabout at the intersection of West Avenue and 151st Street.
On April 29, 2013, the Southwest Conference of Mayors (SCM) approved the Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds for this project. SCM approved a maximum amount of 2 million dollars for construction. The total estimated cost for construction is $5,797,000. Plan modifications, Phase I, and Phase II Engineering are complete and approved by IDOT. IDOT is getting ready to bid this project in the next few months.
The Southwest Conference of Mayors approved the roundabout project for an additional $680,000 in Federal STP funding (80% maximum FED and 20% minimum Village).
IDOT requires that Village of Orland Park confirm its financial commitment (through a resolution) for the project before the project could be advertised for bidding. The commitment for this project requires that the Village authorize $3,117,000 or as much as needed to match federal funds in the completion of MFT Section number 13-00071-00-WR. That the “Local Agency Agreement for Federal Participation” between the Village of Orland Park and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for the construction funding for the proposed 151st Street project, as attached, be approved for execution. The agreement provides a total of up to 70% funding by Federal Surface Transportation Program as administered by the IDOT, but not to exceed $2,680,000, and 30% or the remainder of the project cost by the Village of Orland Park, which is ...
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