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Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Contract with Capital Excavation Company for the Creek Bend Boulevard Extension Project.
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The Creek Bend Boulevard Extension will extend the existing four-lane divided roadway from Creek Bend Circle across Brushy Creek and Hairy Man Road to connect with Brightwater Boulevard at Wyoming Springs Drive. The purpose of the proposed project is to improve safety and enhance mobility in the project area. Improvements consist of grading, asphalt pavement, drainage, utilities, water quality, traffic signalization, signing, pavement markings, illumination, raised medians, landscaping, sidewalks and bicycle accommodations. A bridge will also be constructed over Brushy Creek and Hairy Man Road. In addition to new construction, the project includes corridor enhancements along existing Creek Bend Boulevard south of Sam Bass Road. Landscaping and irrigation will be added to the medians, street lighting will be extended to Sam Bass Road, and the existing fences along the right of way from Creek Bend Circle to Sam Bass Road will be replaced with "rock-look" precast concrete fence. Creek Bend Boulevard will be milled and overlayed from Pena Cove to Sam Bass Road with only minor utility adjustments expected. Right-of-way acquisition for this project is complete.
This project will provide north-south connection over Brushy Creek, thus increasing connectivity and reducing the reliance on IH 35 for north-south movements on the west side of Round Rock. Completion of this project will also alleviate some of the traffic on Sam Bass Road and RM 620 and will make construction of future projects on these two east-west routes more feasible by providing an alternate route.
The bid opening was held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Three (3) sealed bids were received and publicly read aloud as follows:
Capital Excavation Company $8,089,168.50
Smith Contracting Co., Inc. $8,797,515.67
Chasco C...
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