PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING DIVISION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
On April 4, 2017 (Item No. 27), the Board of County Commissioners approved two Locally Funded Agreements with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for design services to improve NW 31st Avenue from Commercial Boulevard to McNab Road and Riverland Road/SW 27th Avenue from SR7/US-441 to Broward Boulevard. The NW 31st Avenue project includes milling and resurfacing the existing road to accommodate bicycle lanes with no change to the number of vehicle lanes. The Riverland Road/SW 27th Avenue project includes milling and resurfacing the existing road and widening to accommodate bicycle lanes. A lane reduction is proposed in each direction from south of Broward Boulevard to north of Davie Boulevard. Computer modeling was performed and confirmed that the road with lane reduction would continue to provide an acceptable level of service based on current and future traffic volumes. These agreements formalized Broward County's matching contribution of $240,945 and $202,559, respectively for the projects' design services. Both projects are part of Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant being administered by FDOT. Projects funded by the TIGER grant will create an interconnected Complete Streets network and provide multi-modal transportation connections that would enhance safety and promote active living within the County.
On December 4, 2018 (Item No. 5), the Board of County Commissioners approved Amendment No. 1 to the two Locally Funded Agreements providing County's concurrence with FDOT's internal budgeting adjustments and modification of the project delivery method from design-bid-build to design-build process for design services to improve NW 31st Avenue from Commercial Boulevard to McNab Road and Riverland Road/SW 27th Avenue from SR7/US-441 to Broward Boulevard. FDOT is currently preparing the Request for Proposals for project design services and construction.
Motion A will approve the Locally Funded Agreement allowing the County to pay FDOT for construction services related to improvements on NW 31st Avenue from Commercial Boulevard to McNab Road at an estimated cost of $1,919,055 to the County. This project is approximately 1.61 miles long and has an estimated construction cost of $5,493,696.
Motion B will approve the Locally Funded Agreement allowing the County to pay FDOT for construction services related to improvements on Riverland Road/SW 27th Avenue from SR7/US-441 to Broward Boulevard at an estimated cost of $601,441 to the County for its portion of the road. The project, a joint undertaking with the City of Fort Lauderdale and FDOT, is approximately 3.64 miles long and has an estimated construction cost of $5,162,739.
The agreements have been reviewed and approved as to form by the County Attorney's Office.
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