Number
130142
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the development, implementation and funding of traffic control and other safety measures necessary to mitigate traffic diversion on City streets due to construction activity on the I-794 Lake Freeway and Hoan Bridge Rehabilitation Project between 2013 and 2015, with the total cost being $125,000 of which 100% is grantor funded.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Commissioner of Public Works to enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the development, implementation and funding of traffic control and other safety measures necessary to mitigate traffic diversion on City streets due to construction activity on the I-794 Lake Freeway and Hoan Bridge Rehabilitation Project between 2013 and 2015. The traffic control and other safety measures apply to facilities for motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles. The total cost of these measures is $125,000 of which 100% is grantor funded.
Body
Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be begin Rehabilitation of the I-794 Lake Freeway and Hoan Bridge between Carferry Drive and the Milwaukee River between 2013 and 2015; and
Whereas, Construction activity on the I-794 Lake Freeway and Hoan Bridge 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, The Common Council previously adopted file 121527 on April 4, 2013 directing the Commissioner of Public Works to implement a traffic control plan in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to accommodate traffic diversion on City streets due to reconstruction activity on the Hoan Bridge and I-794 in later 2013 through 2015; and
Whereas, Preliminary approval has been received from the Wisconsin Departm...
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