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Approve the Notice of Completion for the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) 8 Traffic Safety Enhancements Project; and Authorize the Clerk of the Board to record the executed Notice of Completion
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Published Notice Required? Yes ____ No _X _
Public Hearing Required? Yes ____ No _X _
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve the Notice of Completion for the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) 8 Traffic Safety Enhancements Project; and Authorize the Clerk of the Board to record the executed Notice of Completion.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Department of Resource Management completed construction on the HSIP 8 Traffic Safety Enhancements Project (Project) on June 2, 2020. The HSIP 8 cycle of federal funding provided grant funds for projects that improve night time visibility on road systems that meet certain accident criteria and cost-benefit ratios. New retroflective signing and striping has been shown to reduce accident rates, particularly on rural roads.
The Project contract was awarded to Chrisp Company on May 02, 2019 and executed on May 16, 2019. Work primarily consisted of grinding out and replacing standard painted lane markings with high intensity prismatic thermoplastic lane markings on 140 miles of unincorporated roads. The work also included traffic control, flagging, new thermoplastic pavement markings, and new retro-reflective markers.
All work has been completed on the project in accordance with the project plans and specifications. Approval of the Notice of Completion (attachment A) allows the Department of Resource Management to close the contract with Chrisp Company for a final project cost of $1,888,678.
FINANCING:
The HSIP 8 Traffic Safety Enhancements Project was funded with $1,759,000 in federal HSIP grant funds with the remainder paid by the Road Fund. The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbe...
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