DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 8
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: Medical Center Intersection Improvement Projects
SUMMARY:
An ordinance for two 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond funded projects within the Medical Center, accepting the lowest responsive bid and awarding a construction contract to E-Z Bel Construction, LLC in the amount not to exceed $4,610,951.39 of which $344,967.00 will be reimbursed by San Antonio Water System to provide improvements at the Ewing Halsell Drive and Louis Pasteur intersection and the Louis Pasteur and Babcock Road intersection, both located in Council District 8.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Medical Center Intersection Improvement Projects is a multi-phase plan to facilitate traffic flow into and through the Medical Center by improving various high-volume intersections. This project is executed in cooperation with the Medical Center Alliance, which funds the planning, design, and related Right-Of-Way (ROW) acquisitions. Each intersection redeveloped has been designed and constructed as an individual phase under the entire Medical Center Intersection Improvements Project.
This project is a continuation of the cooperation with the Medical Center Alliance initiated with the 2007-2012 Bond Program. The 2017 Bond Program provides for the Ewing Halsell Drive/Louis Pasteur Drive Intersection Project and the Louis Pasteur Drive at Babcock Road Intersection Project.
The project provides for improved drainage along Louis Pasteur to the Ewing Halsell intersection and will widen Ewing Halsell to accommodate a right turn lane. The project will also provide a right turn lane on Louis Pasteur at the Babcock intersection which also includes new curbs, sidewalks, driveways and traffic signals. A public meeting was held on July 28th before the project advertised to discuss project scope and schedule. Project construction i...
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