R2015-54 AGREEMENT WITH AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES INC

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• November 21, 2011 —City Council approved Resolution R2011-177, authorizing an $26,845 agreement with the Norfolk Southern Corporation to review and comment on the preliminary design for the proposed rail yard crossing. • July 16, 2013 —City Council approved Resolution R2013-71, authorizing a change order to the agreement with URS Corporation to provide an additional $39,998. The total design agreement increased to $1,438,712.35. BACKGROUND: Brush College Road is a major thoroughfare in eastern Decatur which connects a major industrial area with I-72 and routes to travel southeast. As industrial uses have increased along the corridor, so has vehicular traffic. In the early 1990's, the roadway north of the Brush College Road underpass as the Norfolk Southern rail yard was improved to a four lane cross section. The underpass was not able to be widened and along with the intersection of Brush College Road and William Street, are now critical bottlenecks in the movement of traffic through the corridor. In October, 2010 the City received two grants, $1.5 million, and $1.9602 million through the State's "Illinois Jobs Now!"program for use in the development of the Brush College Road corridor from William Street to Faries Parkway to improve traffic flow to meet the expected future demand. The Brush College Road Project involves improvements to a 1.21-mile long section of Brush College Road, generally between Illinois Route 105 (William Street) on the south and Faries Parkway on the north. Intersection improvements at Illinois Route 105 and Faries Parkway will extend immediately south of Illinois Route 105 and about 900 feet north of Faries Parkway. Major project components include adding two lanes to Brush College Road between Illinois Route 105 and Faries Parkway, replacing the existing deficient underpass at the Norfolk Southern (NS)railroad yard with an overpass and constructing a grade-separated intersection at Faries Parkway to include a crossing of the existing NS rail line at that intersection. Turn lanes will be added at the Illinois Route 105 intersection, and adding a traffic signal and turn lanes at East Marietta Street, which is also the entrance to the ADM James Randall Research Center. The total length of the Project, including improvements to intersecting roadways, is 2.0 miles. The Project Is Divided Into Three Independent Segments The overall Brush College Road Improvement project is estimated to cost $83 million. In order to facilitate funding for design, right-of-way procurement, utility relocation, and construction, the project has been divided into three segments as further described below. Each of the three segments can be built independent of the others. Sep-ment I: Illinois Route 105 and Brush College Road Intersection improvements This intersection is currently deficient in that it cannot move traffic efficiently through the intersection during peak travel hours. More lanes are required to accommodate the large number Page 12