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Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works/City Engineer to enter into a State/Municipal Agreement for services described herein with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the costs associated with reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange
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WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and City of West Allis Department of Public Works are partnering during the Zoo Interchange Reconstruction Project to ensure safer and more efficient travel in the City of West Allis.
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation advises implementation of a comprehensive and cost effective transportation management plan that will help ensure the safety, accessibility and mobility for
the traveling public in the project area. The project area is defined as interstates I-94 and I-894/US 45 from
Lincoln Avenue on the south to Underwood Parkway on the west to Burleigh Road on the north to 70th Street on the east. Included in the Project area are local alternate route streets within two miles of the interstate roadways.
WHEREAS, to mitigate traffic impacts caused by the project, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation will provide $125,000 to the City. In turn, the City will provide planning, coordination and staffing services in an effort to mitigate traffic impacts in the project area and to stay informed of project roadway closures and construction progress for a 2-year period commencing on January 1, 2013 and ending by December 31, 2014.
The monies provided by this agreement will allow for dedicated staff to assist in:
· Implement intersection improvements
· Pavement maintenance and restoration
· School shuttle coordination
· Traffic calming
· On-street parking restrictions
· School crossing guard coordination
· Signal jurisdictional transfer
· Signal timing and equipment improvements
· Signing and pavement marking improvements
· Pedestrian and crosswalk improvements
· Bicycle route improvements
· Assist in development of a crisis-communications plan
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the Common Council of the City of West Allis that the Director of Public Works/City Engineer be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into this agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for this project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Public Works/City Engineer forward a certified copy of this Resolution, together with the executed State/Municipal Agreement, to the office of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and take whatever further action is required to initiate and effect the services described herein.