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Resolution to Approve a Construction Contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation for the Scio Church Road Resurfacing Project, S. Maple Road to S. Seventh Street ($2,045,700.00) and to Appropriate $115,000.00 from the Water Supply Fund; $240,000.00 from the Stormwater Fund; $50,000.00 from the Sidewalk Construction Millage Fund; and $45,000.00 in Contributions (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration, please find a resolution to approve a contract between the City of Ann Arbor and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for the construction phase of the Scio Church Road Improvement Project. The agreement prescribes the cost sharing of the construction, as well as each party's rights and responsibilities, and is required for the project to receive its share of federal funding from the Surface Transportation Program (STPU).
This project consists of resurfacing Scio Church Road between South Maple Road and South Seventh Street, filling sidewalk gaps on the north side of the road, installing three (3) new crosswalks, converting on-street parking into bike lanes, and adding stormwater infiltration.
The project will include the addition of 3500 feet of new buffered bike lanes on the north side of Scio Church between S Maple and Greenview that is currently on-street parking and 1400 feet of new buffered bike lanes on the south side of Scio Church between S Maple and Old Pear Tree Court which will increase the bike network by approximately 0.928 miles. Also, the project will also convert 2100 feet of an existing bike lane on the south side of Scio Church between Old Pear Tree Court to Greenview into a protected buffered bike lane and will include the addition of three new crosswalks which will increase the walkability of the neighborhood.
Construction is expected to begin on or after late September of 2022 and be completed in the spring of 2023.
MDOT accepted the City's final submittal in July 2022, and...
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