Number
151413
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 Zoo Interchange Project in 2016 and 2017, with the total cost being $100,000 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 Zoo Interchange Project in 2016 and 2017. The traffic control and other safety measures apply to facilities for motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles. The total cost of these measures is $100,000 of which 100% is grantor funded.
Body
Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) will be begin Reconstructing the Core of the Zoo Interchange area between Lincoln Avenue on the south, west of Underwood Parkway on the west, Burleigh Street on the north and 70th Street on the east in 2016 and 2017; 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, Preliminary approval has been received from the WisDOT, along with a Project Agreement to be executed by the City of Milwaukee, to provide reimbursement of actual costs for necessary services and items provided by the City for local street vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle traffic impact mitigation measures in conjunction with the Zoo Interchange Project construction; and
Whereas, The total estimated cost of local street vehicula...
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