Title
Billy Graham Parkway Street Lighting Installation
Action
Action:
Authorize the City Manager to approve a payment to Duke Energy in the estimated amount of $1,800,000 for the installation of street lights along Billy Graham Parkway.
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Staff Resource(s):
Liz Babson, Transportation
Anthony Mendez, Transportation
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Explanation
§ This project, located in Council District 3, will install street lighting on 5.5 miles of Billy Graham Parkway from I-85 to South Tryon Street.
§ Billy Graham Parkway is the oldest thoroughfare in city limits without street lights. The majority of Billy Graham Parkway was annexed into the city in the 1970s.
§ This corridor is on the High Injury Network. From January 1, 2014, to present,
- there have been nine fatalities,
- five serious injury crashes, and
- 51 minor injury crashes.
§ Lighting this segment requires the installation of 359 poles with an estimated cost of $1.8 million dollars.
§ This action provides a one-time payment from the city’s Street Lighting and Vision Zero programs for street light installation work to be completed by Duke Energy consistant with the city’s standing agreements with Duke Energy for the installation of street lights throughout the city.
§ The monthly costs to power the street lights will be paid by the Charlotte Department of Transportation as part of the public lighting agreement with Duke Energy. The standard monthly cost-per-light will apply.
§ The lighting cost includes light fixtures, poles, underground wire installation, and connection to power.
§ The project is anticipated to be completed by spring of 2021.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Transportation Operating Budget and General Capital Investment Plan
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