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Joint resolution approving Change Order Number One consisting of an increase of $512,004.95, and appropriating a supplemental amount of $260,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, for engineering services for intersection improvements of Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road, US Route 41, and Kilbourne Road, and designated as Section 13-00999-47-ES.
Staff Summary
* Wadsworth Road, at the intersections of Dilleys Road, US Route 41, and Kilbourne Road needs to be improved.
* The County Board, at its meeting of January 14, 2014, approved an appropriation of $1,770,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and a consultant agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois, at a cost of $1,472,132.74.
* Change Order Number One is needed for additional Phase I engineering services to investigate additional alternatives, increased survey limits and drainage studies, expanded public involvement and for additional environmental studies at the request of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and that were not part of the original scope of work.
* Change Order Number One also includes preliminary Phase II design engineering services needed for interim safety improvements along Wadsworth Road at the US Route 41 intersection, to be completed in advance of the ultimate intersection improvement.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Wadsworth Road, County Highway 17, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Wadsworth Road, at the intersections of Dilleys Road, US Route 41, and Kilbourne Road needs to be improved; and
WHEREAS, the County Board, at its meeting of January 14, 2014, approved $1,770,000, of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for Phase I engineering services for the intersection improvements of Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road, US Route 41 and Kilbourne Road; and
WHEREAS, this project is currently under contract with Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois, in the...
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