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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the execution of Change Order No. 13 to McLean Construction, Inc. for the Trimmier Road Widening Project.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CHANGE ORDER NO. 13 TO MCLEAN CONSTRUCTION, INC, FOR THE TRIMMIER ROAD WIDENING 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 and to coincide with construction being completed through the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) US 190 widening project (CCM/R 13-029R.). At this time, TxDOT's US 190 expansion project extending from the main gate of Fort Hood to W. S. Young Drive is currently underway, increasing from (4) lanes to six (6) lanes. 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, an opportunity to help fund the projects within the Trimmier corridor. On September 10, 2013, City Council authorized submission of an application to participate in the KTMPO (STP-MM) Category 7 funds project call (CCM/R 13-103R) to fund a portion (US 190 to Bacon Ranch Road) of the Trimmier Road Widening Project. The City Council also expressed its commitment to fund the remaining portion of the project (consisting of two parts of Trimmier: Bacon Ranch Road to Elms Road and US 190 to Jasper Road). On September 18, 2013, the KTMPO awa...
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