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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the Trimmier Road Widening project from US 190 to Bacon Ranch Road.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE TRIMMIER ROAD WIDENING (US 190 TO BACON RANCH ROAD) PROJECT
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC WORKS - TRANSPORTATION DIVISION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Due to the increasing volumes of traffic on and around Trimmier Road, on March 26, 2013, the City Council authorized staff to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Mitchell and Associates, Inc. to prepare the designs for road widening and additional access improvements along Trimmier Road spanning from Jasper Drive to Elms Road to coincide with construction being completed through TxDOT's SH 190 widening project (CCM/R 13-029R). At this time, the expansion of US 190 from the main gate of Fort Hood to W. S. Young Drive is currently underway and being expanded from (4) lanes to six (6) lanes by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The project scope also includes the widening of Trimmier Road directly under US 190 within the TxDOT right-of-way.
In relation to the Trimmier Road Widening Project, on May 30, 2013, the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization (KTMPO) distributed nomination forms for the Statewide Transportation Planning Metropolitan Mobility (STP-MM) Category 7 funds. City management and staff recognized this as an opportunity to help fund the projects within the Trimmier corridor.
On September 10, 2013, City Council authorized the submission of an application to participate in the KTMPO (STP-MM) Category 7 funds project call (CCM/R 13-103R) to help fund a portion of the Trimmier Road Widening project (Us 190 to Bacon Ranch Road) and, further expressed City Council's commitment ...
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