Title
Intelligent Transportation System Project Grant
Action
Action:
A. Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a municipal agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation accepting a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Grant for Intelligent Transportation System in the amount of $1,580,000, and
B. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $1,580,000 to the General Community Investment Plan.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Liz Babson, Transportation
Angela Berry, Transportation
Explanation
§ The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization allocated Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding for the construction of five Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects.
§ ITS projects are part of the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation System Master Plan identified in the Transportation Action Plan.
§ ITS projects consist of items such as fiber optic cabling, traffic signal interconnection, and video traffic management cameras. These items, as a system, provide the ability to remotely adjust traffic signals in the response to traffic flow and emergency conditions.
§ This grant will be used on five ITS construction projects:
- Harris Boulevard from University City Boulevard to Rocky River Road and Old Concord Road to Mclean Road;
- Wilkinson Boulevard from Morehead Street to Josh Birmingham Parkway;
- Steele Creek Road from Westinghouse to South Tryon;
- Arrowood Road from South Tryon to South Boulevard; and
- Mallard Creek Road from Harris Boulevard to Governor Hunt Road.
§ CMAQ funding for construction is $1,580,000 (79%) and the City’s match for construction is $420,000 (21%).
§ Council will be asked to approve construction contracts with general contractors as the projects are designed and bid.
Fiscal Note
Funding: North Carolina Department of Transportation Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Grant ($1,580,000) and Transportation Community Investment Plan (City’s match of $420,000)
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Budget Ordinance
Resolution