Agenda Item Wording:
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Notice of Completion - Authorize the City Manager to file a Notice of Completion for the Traffic Signal Interconnect Project along Ben Maddox Way and Tulare Avenue.
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Deadline for Action: 12/16/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Eric Bons, Senior Civil Engineer, Eric.Bons@visalia.city, (559) 713-4350
Chris Crawford, City Engineer, Chris.Crawford@visalia.city, (559) 713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Engineering & Building Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.city, (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Staff requests City Council authorize the City Manager to file a Notice of Completion for the Traffic Signal Interconnect Project along Ben Maddox Way and Tulare Avenue.
Background Discussion:
The City continues to expand its Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) network by establishing new connections to signalized intersections. Under that broad goal, this project installed new fiber optic cable between the VECC and existing signalized intersections along the following street sections:
* Ben Maddox Way from Goshen Avenue to Tulare Avenue
* Tulare Avenue from Ben Maddox Way to Lovers Lane
* Noble Ave from Ben Maddox Way to Walmart driveway
Within each signalized intersection, new communication equipment was installed and connected to the existing infrastructure. New equipment to be installed includes CCTVs, signal controllers, ethernet switches, fiber terminations panels, and other ancillary equipment that enables communication with the TMC located in the Visalia Emergency Communication Center (VECC). The traffic signal interconnection communication expanded the City's ITS network to connect seven additional signalized intersections. Five of these traffic signals are along Ben Maddox Way from Goshen Avenue to Tulare Avenue. The connectivity between the seven traffic signals along this corridor and the TMC allow for the modification of these traffic signals remotely from th...
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