CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of RFQ 21-083, Phase III Construction Engineering Services for the North Aurora Road Underpass at the CN Railroad, to TranSystems Corporation, for an amount not to exceed $2,916,312 and for a 54-month term
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William J. Novack, P.E., Director of Transportation, Engineering and Development/City Engineer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
North Aurora Road is a minor arterial road with an average daily traffic of approximately 22,000 vehicles. The road is a primary connection between the cities of Naperville and Aurora and provides access to numerous businesses and subdivisions. North Aurora Road between Frontenac Road in Naperville and Pennsbury Lane in Aurora is a traffic bottleneck. It remains the only section of this corridor with a single lane for each direction for several miles on either side. The existing traffic already exceeds the capacity of the current roadway and is expected to grow to nearly 33,000 vehicles per day by 2040.
The City has been working on two projects to improve the North Aurora Road corridor between Illinois Route 59 and Eola Road that are included in the Naperville's Roadway Improvement Plan. The first project, improving the roadway between Frontenac Road and Fairway Drive, was recently completed in 2023 in partnership with the Naperville Township Road District. The second project (which is associated with this agenda item) will improve the underpass at the CN/Wisconsin Central Railroad in collaboration with the Naperville Township Road District and the City of Aurora (as each agency has jurisdiction of a portion of the roadway along the corridor). The scope of these projects consists of widening the existing three lane road to accommodate two traffic lanes in each direction with a center turn lane, multi-use trail, sidewalk, roadway lighting and drainage enhancements.
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