Preliminary Engineering Services - Buena Vista Road (Spiderweb) TSPLOST
Initiator
Planning Department
Recommendation
Approve the resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement \n \n with Wolverton and Associates for preliminary engineering services for the \n \n TSPLOST Buena Vista Road Spiderweb project.
Approval
Pending
Background
This project is a TSPLOST project that was approved under the 2012
Transportation Improvement Act. On August 26, Council authorized the agreement
between the city and the Georgia Department of Transportation for improvement
of the section of Buena Vista Road known as the "Spiderweb". Council at that
time was briefed on several possible transportation improvements to help
accommodate the moving of traffic safely through this area. The option chosen
at that meeting called for Buena Vista Road to be diverted underneath that
section of Norfolk Southern Railway that crosses this road.
Analysis
Approval of this action will allow the engineering consulting firm of Wolverton
and Associates to begin preliminary engineering of this TSPLOST project to
improve this section of Buena Vista Road.
Financial Considerations
Cost for this preliminary engineering will be $1,242,700 and is budgeted under
the funds for this TSPLOST project.
Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement
No annual fiscal impact is anticipated for this professional service.
Legal Considerations
The City Attorney has reviewed and approved this proposal.
Recommendations/ Actions
Approve the resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement
with Wolverton and Associates for preliminary engineering services for the