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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Daryl Devick, CIP Manager
DATE: July 28, 2014
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the City of Aurora, and the Aurora Township Highway Department regarding the replacement of the bridge at Church Road and the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88).
PURPOSE:
To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the aforementioned agreement
BACKGROUND:
The Illinois Tollway intends to remove the existing four-span bridge and replace the bridge with a longer two-span structure approximately 260 feet in length. The Church Road profile will be raised to provide additional vertical clearance over I-88. A widened deck will be provided that will offer 1-12 foot through traffic lane in each direction with an 8 foot shoulder on either side. The approach slabs will be removed and replaced. A closed drainage system will be installed along with wing walls, and a retaining wall along Church Road in the southeast quadrant and the superstructure will be designed to accommodate future sidewalk or bike path construction. Church Road will be improved to approximately 350 feet north and south of the bridge center pier, temporary erosion control, grading, landscaping, pavement markings, light pole relocation. The Church Road Bridge will be closed to traffic during construction and the Farnsworth Avenue Bridge will be utilized to take local traffic over I-88.
DISCUSSION:
In this agreement, at the request of the City and Township, the Illinois Tollway will make repairs to the Farnsworth Avenue Bridge approach slabs prior to construction of the Church Road Bridge to improve ride ability for the extra traffic. The City and Township shall grant and consent to the Illinois Tollway any and all permits of access and temporary right-of-way use without charge. The Illinois Tollway will pay all engineering and const...
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