SUBJECT: STAFF REPORT
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Erie Parkway Construction Update
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Russell Pennington, Deputy Director of Public Works
Matt Wiederspahn, P.E., Development Engineer
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: N/A
Balance Available: N/A
Budget Line Item Number: N/A
New Appropriation Required: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: None
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Beginning in early 2016, two separate major road construction projects began on Erie Parkway. The projects are located with one on the west side of Town in front of the Flatiron Meadows subdivision and the other on the east side in front of the Colliers Hill/Erie Highlands subdivisions. Both projects are being completed by the subdivisions respective developers as a requirement for addition development in those subdivisions. Below is a brief summary of the projects and a current update on their status.
Flatiron Meadows Erie Parkway Project:
The developer of the Flatiron Meadows Subdivision (Hines) and their contractor (Fiore & Sons) are currently constructing Erie Parkway expansion improvements along the development's frontage. As part of this project, Erie Parkway will be expanded from the existing two lanes to four lanes between Baxter Farm Lane and Meadow View Lane with new sidewalks on both sides of the road. The road section between 111th Street and Baxter Farm Lane will be widened to two lanes with a center turn lane with a sidewalk on the south side and will be re-aligned to the south on top of what will become the embankment for a new regional detention pond that is also being constructed as part of this project. A new signal will be installed at Flatiron Meadows Boulevard and raised landscape medians will be constructed at the major subdivision entrances. The Town has made it a project requirement that through traffic must remain open during the work week on Erie Parkway.
Currently the cont...
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