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SECOND SUBSTITUTE - Approving Geometrics for Monona Drive from W. Broadway to Station 59+00, a point approximately 250 feet south of through the Pflaum Road/Nichols Road intersection. (includes roundabout at Pflaum/Nichols intersection). (16th AD / City of Monona)
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PREAMBLE
The City of Monona, Dane County and City of Madison have proposed a joint project to reconstruct Monona Drive (CTH "BB") from W. Broadway to Cottage Grove Road. The existing pavement is in poor condition and in need of reconstruction. Portions of Monona Drive are in the City of Madison and other portions City of Monona. The construction cost of the highway improvements will be financed with 80 percent Federal/State funds and 20 percent local funds.
The portion of Monona Drive from W. Broadway thru through the Pflaum Road/Nichols Road intersection is scheduled for construction in 2008 and is currently in the final design stage. The engineering consulting firm hired to prepare plans and specifications, Strand Associates, Inc., has prepared geometrics for the reconstruction of this segment of Monona Drive.
However, the Phase 1 portion of the project budget exceeds available funds and the Nichols Schools Historical issues are still in the process of being resolved. To address these issues, the intersection of Monona Drive and Pflaum Road/Nichols Road is being moved to Phase 3 of the Monona Drive Project, which is currently scheduled for 2012.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Geometrics for Monona Drive from W. Broadway to Section 59+00, a point approximately 250 feet south of thru the Pflaum Road/Nichols Road intersection (includes roundabout at Pflaum/Nichols intersection) are hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that (1) an effective wider bike lane area be provided by pouring the curb and gutter integral with the next sixteen (16) feet of roadway such that there is no joint line; (2) the sewer grates be recessed into the curb such that the grates do not extend more than one foot into the gutter (i.e., the grates are flush with the gutter section); (3) a roundabout design at the intersection of Monona Drive and Pflaum Road be reviewed and considered in the future; and (4) the issue of private encroachments into the public right-of-way along Monona Drive be addressed and that whatever roadway design and right-of-way arrangement is adopted be capable of serving as a precedent for future projects by including any necessary agreements, such as leases for private use of the right-of-way, to avoid a bad precedent.