DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 9 and Council District 10
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: Wurzbach Parkway: Skyplace Extension
SUMMARY:
An ordinance accepting the lowest responsive bid and awarding a construction contract for the Wurzbach Parkway Skyplace Boulevard Extension Project, including a substitutive alternate, in the amount of $3,099,389.00, to Pronto Sandblasting & Coating & Oil Field Services; a General Obligation funded project, located in Council District 9 and 10. Of the total contract amount, $25,900 will be reimbursed by AT&T.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The 2007-2012 General Obligation Bond Program authorized the funding of the Wurzbach Parkway/Arterial Connector Project to supplement the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Wurzbach Parkway Project. The Wurzbach Parkway/Arterial Connector Project provided funding for right-of-way acquisition, environmental services, design, utility relocation and other associated project tasks
As a result of TxDOT's Wurzbach Parkway construction, access to the north side of the airport facilities, currently used by Airport tenants and employees, will be impacted. To mitigate this impact the extension of Skyplace Boulevard was conceptualized as a way to improve and provide un-flooded, permanent access to the northside of the airport for employees and tenants. The remaining funds from the Wurzbach Parkway/Arterial Connector Project, a 2007-2012 General Obligation Bond Program Project, will fund the construction of the Skyplace Boulevard roadway extension project to provide access for the employees and tenants.
The Skyplace Boulevard is an extension of the Wurzbach Parkway through Airport property and in coordination with the San Antonio International Airport and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
The project provides entrance by way of the Salado Basin and...
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