Title
Approval of Bid Award for the Eastside Bike Corridor Permanent Improvements
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to award the construction contract to Barcott Construction, LLC, for $372,892.00 and authorize the City Manager to execute all contract documents.
Report
Issue:
Whether to award the construction contract for the Bike Corridor Permanent Improvements to Barcott Construction, LLC.
Staff Contact:
Jim Rioux, Project Manager, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8484
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Bike Corridors are routes on small, quiet streets that do not have much car traffic. Since there are fewer cars, it is easier for people biking and driving to share the same lane. We add signs and pavement markings to the route, and we change intersections with busy streets to make it easier for people biking and walking to get through them. These are different from bike lanes, which we put on busy streets.
In 2016, the City built a pilot project of a Bike Corridor, which links Lions Park on the eastside to Sylvester Park downtown. This was the first Bike Corridor in our region, so we built part of it with interim materials. Our goal was to test out this kind of infrastructure to see if people wanted us to make it permanent. We also wanted to know if people supported building more Bike Corridors.
We conducted extensive public outreach during 2016 and heard clear, positive feedback from the public. People said they wanted us to make this project permanent, and they wanted us to build more Bike Corridors.
City crews have already redone some of the pavement markings along the route in a more permanent material. What remains to make the pilot project permanent is to build concrete bulb-outs at the intersections of 5th Ave. & Eastside and 7th Ave. & Plum. Bulb-outs slow vehicle traffic, making it safer for people biking and walking. They al...
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