CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the staff recommendation (Option 1) to not financially participate in funding a replacement fence along the north side of 95th Street from west of the Springbrook Tributary No. 2 Creek to Gateshead Drive
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William J. Novack, Director of TED/City Engineer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
95th Street is a major arterial roadway in the City of Naperville. It was initially widened from a two lane road to four lanes with a center landscaped median in 1995. During that initial widening the City did install the existing fence on the north side of the roadway from west of the creek to Gateshead Drive as part of the roadway contract. We are not aware of any other locations along 95th Street where the City installed fencing as part of the project.
Since the City of Naperville adopted a Master Thoroughfare Plan in 1972 the long term vision was to have 95th Street sweep southeast toward Boughton Road from the Plainfield Naperville Road intersection. Since this portion of the roadway included a major bridge over the river its implementation was delayed for many years. In 1999 the City of Naperville, the Village of Bolingbrook and Will County entered into an agreement to fund and construct 95th Street from Plainfield Naperville Road to Boughton Road. It was agreed that the roadway would be a Will County highway and that the funding would be split with each municipality paying 25% and the county paying 50%. Federal funding was pursued due to the high cost of the project.
The federal funding required a Phase I study of the improvements, which includes impacts of the project. In accordance with the Federal Highway Administration a noise study was conducted from Plainfield Naperville Road to Boughton Road and it showed that noise wall warrants were met. Even if noise wall warrants are met, the noise wall does not have to be cons...
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