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Approving plans and specifications for the proposed improvements and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a revised agreement with the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the improvement of County Trunk Highway M & Pleasant View Road extended from Prairie Hill Road to Mineral Point Road with the use of stimulus funding for the project.
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The City is proposing to improve County Trunk Highway M and extend Pleasant View Road from Prairie Hill Road to Mineral Point Road. The intersections of Valley View Road, CTH M and Pleasant View Road as well as the intersection of Mineral Point Road and Pleasant View Road will be reconstructed into two lane roundabouts. Bicycle and pedestrian accomodations will be provided, including underpasses on CTH M and Pleasant View Road. The extension of Pleasant View Road is required for the development of the University of Wisconsin Research Park II. The City of Madison will be the lead agency for the project, which also involves Dane County. The City applied for Economic Stimulus Funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the project received approval for ARRA funding.
The project will be constructed under a contract let by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) and a project Agreement with WisDOT will be required for funding, oversight and construction. The proposed project is planned for construction in the year 2010.
The City of Madison and the WisDOT propose to enter into an agreement for construction and cost sharing of the proposed project. The basis for cost sharing participation is as follows:
1) Design Engineering: All design-engineering costs necessitated by the street reconstruction are 100% Local Funding. Funds for design-engineering are available in the Engineering Major Streets Capital Budget account number 810358, Pavement Management.
2) Local Utilities: The City shall pay for 100% of the cost of installing or adjusting n...
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