Title
Safe Streets for All Phase 1
Action
Action:
Approve a contract in the amount of $1,587,854.75 to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder Carolina Cajun Concrete, Inc. for the Safe Streets for All Phase 1 project.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Debbie Smith, Transportation
Kathleen Cishek, Transportation
Keith Bryant, Transportation
Explanation
* In February 2023, the city was awarded $4,466,688 in funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program.
* The Program supports the city's Vision Zero goals to achieve a safe, connected, equitable, sustainable, prosperous, and innovative transportation network for Charlotte and includes two phases.
* Phase 1 consists of seven projects that include installing rectangular rapid-flashing beacons, upgrading accessibility and pedestrian safety signals, and enhancing curb ramps, sidewalks, curb and gutter, and pavement markings.
* Projects are located at several places identified on the High Injury Network in Council Districts 1, 2, 5, and 7.
* Phase 2 of the Safe Streets for All program is forthcoming and will include five project sites that will install new traffic signals and pedestrian crossing upgrades at various locations across Districts 1, 3, 4, and 5, including work such as curb ramps, sidewalks, and concrete islands.
* On June 3, 2026, the city issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB); one bid was received.
* NC General Statute 143-132 prohibits municipalities from awarding construction contracts over $500,000 without receiving at least three competitive bids from the initial advertisement of the contract. The city may subsequently award the contract even if readvertisements result in fewer than three competitive bids.
* On July 14, 2026, the city reissued the ITB; one bid was received.
* Carolina Cajun Concrete, Inc. was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
* Phase 1 is anticipated to be completed by the second quarter of 2028.
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