Agenda Item Wording:
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Receive a staff presentation on the construction staging plans for the upcoming Caldwell Avenue Improvement Project from Akers Street to Shady Street and provide feedback and direction regarding night work impacts. .
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Deadline for Action: None
Submitting Department: Public Works
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Fred Lampe, Senior Civil Engineer, fred.lampe@visalia.city, 713-4270
Frank Senteno, City Engineer, frank.senteno@visalia.city, 713-4331
Nick Mascia, Public Works Director, nick.mascia@visalia.city, 713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that City Council accept the staff presentation of staging plans for the Caldwell Avenue Improvements from Akers Street to Shady Street, consider impacts of night work on residents versus impacts to major north/south streets and construction schedule, and accept proposed night work to provide contractor flexibility and more efficient traffic management.
Background Discussion:
The Caldwell Avenue Improvements from Akers Street to Shady Street is part of the larger Avenue 280 corridor widening project sponsored by Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG), County of Tulare, City of Farmersville, and the City of Exeter. The Avenue 280 project extends from State Route 99 to the City of Exeter. The project is being constructed in stages and by different agencies. The original scope of the Caldwell Improvements from Akers Street to Shady Street includes adding median islands, sidewalks, curb and gutter, fiber optic conduit and streetlights. Because of the extent of pavement work associated with the above improvements and to avoid a "checkered look" to the finished project, Staff reviewed the overall condition of the pavement. Upon further research, pavement reconstruction was added not only because of the poor pavement condition within the project boundaries but also to provide the structural strength to carry future designated traffic loading.
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