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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Robert Greene, City Traffic Engineer
DATE: July 30, 2020
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing the Mayor to Execute the Local Agency Agreement for federal participation with the State of Illinois in the amount not to exceed $505,382.00 and Phase 2 Preliminary Engineering Agreement with HR Green, Inc. and the City Clerk to sign the appropriation of REBUILD Illinois Bond Funds for Montgomery Road and Hill Avenue Intersection Improvements, MFT #19-00329-00-CH in an amount of $505,382.00.
PURPOSE:
To execute the Local Agency Agreement to reserve sufficient funds to cover the upfront cost of Phase 2 engineering by resolution, to approve Phase 2 design engineering services agreement with HR Green, Inc. and to Appropriate REBUILD Illinois Bond Funds by IDOT resolution.
BACKGROUND:
The intersection of Montgomery Road at Hill Avenue falls under various jurisdictions - north and east legs are under the jurisdiction of City of Aurora, west leg comes under Kane County and the south leg is a State route. Kane County Department of Transportation has completed a Phase 1 study for Montgomery Road corridor that extends the subject project limits (i.e. Briarcliff Road to South Farnsworth Avenue) and has received IDOT's design approval. City took the lead to improve the intersection of Montgomery Road and Hill Avenue and applied for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) grant in early 2019 and was approved in late 2019.
City has requested Kane County Division of Transportation and State for their financial participation in phase 3, the costs of which are to be finalized in Phase 2.
DISCUSSION:
The improvements at the intersection involves modernizing traffic signals, reconstructing and widening the roadway to include additional channelization on Montgomery Road, adding one through lane in each direction on Hill Avenue, constructing bike path, sidewalk, ADA ramps, detectable warning signs, enhanced crosswalks and ...
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