Scottsdale will move forward with numerous transportation initiatives after the City Council approves, by consent, a production bid award and a price range switch for the Hayden and Thomas roads intersection.
AJP Electric was the bottom bidder for the award, with a unit rate of $2,433,648.Seventy-five. The metropolis will also make a Capital Improvement Plan of $1.6 million from the Miller Road Underpass at Arizona State Route one hundred and one venture to the Hayden/Thomas Safety Improvements venture, which the transportation 0.2 percent sales tax will fund.
The proposed enhancements will be most effective on Thomas Road. They will include raised medians, dual left-turn lanes with positive offsets, a dedicated proper turn lane, get right of entry to point consolidation, and pedestrian protection upgrades.
City group of workers say they recognized savings within the Miller Road Underpass project to assist fund the Hayden/Thomas Safety Improvements venture because the available investment will now not cover the required cost.
These financial savings are available because the Arizona Department of Transportation bid this assignment with a bigger freeway assignment. The component the town became accountable for ended up being lower than expected.
The city says quantities of this assignment could be eligible for compensation from the Highway Safety Improvement Program of the Federal Highway Administration.
The city team of workers says if the mission is delayed, the metropolis might forfeit federal funding.
The city team of workers mentioned a 2009 ranking from the Maricopa Association of Governments that placed the intersection as 11th on its list of high-crash intersections in the county. The city also started a 2009 State of Arizona Top Five Percent Report declaring the intersection needed protection on repairs.
