DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 5
SUBJECT: Frio Street - Cesar Chavez to Houston Street
SUMMARY:
An ordinance for the Frio Street - Cesar Chavez to Houston Street Project, accepting the lowest responsive bid and awarding a construction contract in the amount of $5,149,255.61 to EZ Bel Construction LLC, a 2012-2017 General Obligation Bond-funded project, of which $463,707.21 will be reimbursed by SAWS, and $387,208.00 will be reimbursed by CPS Energy for joint-bid utility work associated with the construction of the Project, located in Council District 5.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Frio Street project is funded in the 2012-2017 Bond Program and is designed to improve pedestrian and bicycle connectivity through this corridor. This project will provide wider sidewalks and improved pedestrian crossings. Raised concrete medians will be installed on Frio Street between Cesar Chavez and Buena Vista and continue again on Frio Street between Commerce and Houston. The medians will help to calm traffic. The existing roadway will not be widened but will be milled and overlayed with new asphalt pavement. The street will be re-striped to redistribute the street width to allow two lanes in each direction and 5 foot bike lanes. There are two lanes today but no bike lanes. The project limits fall within the Zona Cultural cultural district so decorative pedestrian and street lighting will be added and special landscape plantings, trees and sidewalk furniture will be placed throughout the corridor.
SAWS water, sewer and CPS gas will be upgrading their infrastructure within the project limits.
This Project is in coordination with the Office of Historic Preservation, UTSA Downtown Campus, local business and property owners and the District 5 council office. All lane closures will be coordinated with UTSA to ensure accessibility throughout the entirety of the...
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