Background/Discussion
On February 18, 2020, bids were received by the DOT as follows:
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Bluffs Paving and Utility Company Inc., Crescent, IA |
$1,531,240.47 |
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Engineer’s Estimate (HGM) |
$1,178,057.50 |
Only one bid was received for this project. Although the bid exceeds the engineer’s estimate, rebidding the project is not a feasible alternative. A delay to the project schedule would not allow time for the sewer relocations to be completed when needed to accommodate the CBIS Segment 4 project schedule.
The Iowa DOT will be reconstructing the I-29\I-480 interchange in Council Bluffs. The reconstruction starts just north of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge over I-29 and extends north to approximately 32nd Street. Within this corridor, the City has sanitary sewers that will need to be relocated and or rehabilitated to accommodate the new Interstate layout.
This project requires sanitary sewer relocations along 9th Avenue from Dodge Riverside Drive to Service Road B and from 9th Avenue to just north of 2nd Avenue along new right-of-way acquired by the Iowa DOT on the east side of I-29.
The sewer relocation project required for the Iowa DOT’s Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvements are programmed and funded with STP Federal-aid Funds. The STP Federal-aid Funds were recently changed to Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG) Federal-aid SWAP Fund with DOT Agreement No. STBG-SWAP-014. The benefit of changing the funding to STBG Federal-aid SWAP funds are less federal project development, oversight, and administrative requirements. Engineering costs associated with the project and construction costs above $1,144,000 are funded with Sales Tax Funds. This project was included in the FY17 CIP and FY19 CIP with a total budget of $2,170,000.
| The project schedule is as follows: |
Construction Start |
April/May 2020 |
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Construction End |
September 2020 |
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