Background/Discussion
Power Drive is a short dead-end street located south of 35th Avenue, across from Sam’s Club. The proposed project will extend the street from 35th Avenue to Veterans Memorial Highway (Hwy 275).
The street project will provide an important connection to two commercial retail centers with numerous stores and restaurants. The additional access point will improve traffic congestion within the area, and creates new access to undeveloped tracts of land.
A development for a car wash and future multi-family residential is planned for Lot 10 of Lake Manawa Centre. As part of the new project platting, street right-of-way for a portion of Power Drive will be dedicated.
Resolution 20-270 was previously approved authorizing the purchase of land from the Bluffs Corp. The agreement will provide the necessary right-of-way from Parcel No. 7444 12 402 003 at a reduced purchase price.
As a result of this recent momentum surrounding the project, there is a need to further develop a street alignment and profile, and to determine actual right-of-way needs for property acquisition negotiations. Once construction funding is identified, the project can proceed to final design.
Fellsburg Holt & Ullevig was selected based on their previous and directly related experience in the area. More specifically, FHU performed a traffic study for the Lake Manawa Power Center and provided a feasibility review for Power Drive. They are currently providing engineering services for the Lake Manawa Power Center Entrance Enhancement project at 32nd Avenue. It is fully expected that the knowledge already gained during their previous efforts will benefit the current project.
This project was included in the FY21 CIP.