INTEROFFICE
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Chairman and DATE: 7/8/02 FILE:
PMA02-029
Members of the Board
of
SUBJECT: Route Study -
Zephyrhills West
THRU:
Assistant
(Development
Services)
FROM: James
C. Widman, P.E.
REFERENCES: W.O.
No. C-4295.00 & C-6442.00
Engineering Services
Director Pitman-Hartenstein &
Associates,
Inc.
Commission
Districts 1 & 2
It is recommended that the data herein presented be given formal
consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.
DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS:
The Board executed a general agreement for professional services with
Pitman-Hartenstein & Associates, Inc., for Task Order No. EDO00-003 on July
11, 2000, providing for: a) a route
study to determine alternative alignments for the Zephyrhills West Bypass
Extension from S.R. 54 at C.R. 577 (Curley Road) to C.R. 54/Eiland
Boulevard near C.R. 579/Handcart Road, including public workshop in 320 days;
and b) survey, design, permitting, right-of-way maps, and documents for
construction of the planned improvements in 520 days. Change Order No. 1 increased the number of
alternative alignments to be evaluated and provided a time extension for 250 calendar days, bringing the route study
total to 570 calendar days. The
original contract amount totaled $1,181,945.00, with $217,000.00 for the route
study and $964,945.00 for plans. The
increased cost to
An earlier draft report
identifying three alignments was presented in a workshop held
Proposed alternative
alignments have been analyzed based on safety, long-range planning, costs, and
environmental/property impacts, and are briefly described as follows:
Alignment A – This alignment would depart from the S.R. 54
alignment at the present intersection with C.R. 577/Curley Road with a flatter
curve to the left than presently exists, acquiring additional rights-of-way
along the east side of C.R. 577 to a point just south of Rubin Barnes Road,
where it would curve right to proceed easterly toward the end of Rubin Barnes
Road. Then it curves to the left, runs
approximately 5,000 feet northeasterly before curving to the right again to run
easterly. Upon reaching the middle of
Section 1, it begins a curve to the right running southeasterly. Then it takes a curve to the left, bringing
the alignment to an easterly direction along the north side of
Alignment B – This alignment begins the same as Alignment A
and continues to the end of
Alignment C – This alignment would depart from the S.R. 54
alignment approximately 1,700 feet east of C.R. 577/Curley Road with a curve to
the left, passing through the northern half of the New River DRI along a route
acceptable to its owners, exiting nearly 1,000 feet south of the north line of
Section 1 in a curve to the left. After
a brief tangent in the northeasterly direction, it curves to the right to join
Alignments A & B just west of the wastewater
treatment plant.
ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS:
Some
of the alternatives available to the Board in this matter are as follows:
1. Approval
of Alignment C will permit our consultant to proceed with the
engineering design work, rights-of-way maps, property acquisition, and
ultimately construction.
2. Deny
approval and allow traffic congestion to continue to develop along the existing
network. This is the no-project or no-build
alternative. Costing zero dollars, it
offers no solution to any existing or future problems.
3. Direct
staff as to other action desired by the Board.
RECOMMENDATION AND FUNDING:
The Engineering Services
Department recommends that the Board approve Alternative No. 1 and the
selection of Alignment C for Zephyrhills West Bypass Extension.
No funding is required at
this time.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Location
Map
2. Final
Route Study for Zephyrhills West Bypass Extension
JCW/GTR/JLP/ELM/ph
APPROVED
AGENDA ITEM FOR
DATE: _____________________
BY:
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