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Ordinance in the Amount of $5,000,000 Amending Street and Sidewalk Capital Project Fund Budget for Project El-5101 DJ: Downtown Greenway Phase II Project
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Department: Transportation
Council District: 1 & 2
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Adam Fischer 373-2861
Contact 2 and Phone: Tyler Meyer 373-2254
PURPOSE:
A budget ordinance needs to be approved to establish the budget for the amended municipal agreement providing for the reimbursement of eligible project costs up to $4,000,000 in grant funds for the Downtown Greenway Phase 2.
BACKGROUND:
The Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee, in cooperation with NCDOT, approved the use of federal STP-DA funding to support construction costs for project EL-5101 DJ, Downtown Greenway Phase 2, up to $3,600,000 on September 24, 2014. The MPO also submitted the project for consideration for NCDOT construction funding under the Prioritization 3.0 process. The project scored very well and as a result NCDOT agreed to reimburse the City for construction costs up to an additional $400,000 using federal TAP funds under the FY 2016 - 2025 State Transportation Improvement Program adopted in July 2015. The $4,000,000 in federal funding requires at minimum a 20% local match for an additional $1,000,000. Additional costs above that will need to be covered by local sources.
Project EL-5101 DJ will construct Phase 2 of the Downtown Greenway along (a) the east side of Murrow Boulevard from Lee Street to Fisher Avenue; and (b) along the north side of Fisher Avenue from Murrow Boulevard to Eugene Street. Murrow Boulevard will be reduced from six lanes divided to four lanes divided. Fisher Avenue will be reduced from three lanes to two lanes (plus turn lanes). The project will also reconstruct the Murrow Boulevard - Gate City Boulevard intersection to accommodate the greenway and improve traffic operations.
The Municipal Agreement...
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