Number
141663
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
121259
Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI
Title
Resolution authorizing the Fire Department to apply for, accept and fund a 2015 Zoo Interchange Project grant agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Fire Department to apply for, accept and fund a Zoo Interchange Project grant agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in the amount of $25,000. The purpose of this project is to provide traffic control and other safety measures necessary for mitigating traffic diversion on City streets due to construction activity on the Zoo Interchange Project in 2015.
Body
Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation began reconstructing the Zoo Interchange area defined as interstates I-94 and I-894/USH-45 from Lincoln Avenue on the south, west of Underwood Parkway on the west, Burleigh Road on the north and 70th Street on the east, and also including local alternate route street within two miles of the interstate roadways in 2015; and
Whereas, Construction activity on the Zoo Interchange is expected to result in the diversion of traffic on the local street system during this project due to lane and ramp closures on the freeway; and
Whereas, To mitigate traffic accidents during the reconstruction, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation requests the help of the Fire Department, which would provide planning, coordination and mitigation of all emergency incidents; and
Whereas, Preliminary approval has been received from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, along with a Project Agreement to be executed by the City of Milwaukee, to provide reimbursement of actual costs for planning, coordination and staffing services in conjunction with the Zoo Interchange Project construction; and
Whereas, The operation of this grant from 01/01/15 to 12/31/15 would cost $25,000, of which 100% would be provided by the grantor; now, therefore,...
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