City Council Meeting Date: February 12, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Sean Simonson, Engineering Manager
Dave Bennett, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Title
Consideration of Authorization to Initiate a Request for Proposals (RFP) for TH 246 and Jefferson Parkway Project.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council considers a Motion to approve authorization to initiate the Request for Proposals (RFP) for TH 246 and Jefferson Parkway Project.
Summary Report:
The adopted 2019-2023 Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) includes the TH 246 and Jefferson Parkway Project. The City of Northfield performed an Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE) on the TH 246 and Jefferson Parkway intersection in 2016. This ICE report concluded that a single-lane roundabout would provide the greatest safety and operation benefit at the intersection. City Council ultimately adopted the ICE study in early 2017, indicating the installation of a roundabout as the selected option.
From there, the City has been pursing grant opportunities for funding the Roundabout Improvement. The City was successful in two grants. The City received $483,480 from MnDOT's Local Partnership Program (LPP) to be used on this project. These funds are appropriated for the 2020 fiscal year. In addition, The City of Northfield received $900,000 from MnDOT's Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) appropriated for this project.
The City of Northfield also took a broader look at the Jefferson Parkway/TH 246 area, and performed a traffic impact analysis for the intersections surrounding the Jefferson Parkway/TH 246 intersection. This report identified additional near term improvements, and three long-term projects recommended for the area. One of the near term improvements identified the installation of a grade-separated pedestrian underpass to allow pedestrians and bicyclists to safely cross TH 246. With Jefferson Parkway noted as the preferred alignment fo...
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