Title
Municipal Agreements for NCDOT Asset Maintenance on State Roadways in the City Limits
Action
Action:
A. Approve Municipal Agreements with the North Carolina Department of Transportation in the amount of $1,175,000 for:
- Sign installation and maintenance on state-maintained streets,
- Pavement markings installation on state-maintained streets,
- Traffic signal maintenance on state-maintained streets,
- Traffic signal retiming on state-maintained streets, and
- Light-emitting diode (LED) traffic signal display replacements.
B. Adopt a resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute Municipal Agreements and any subsequent renewals for up to five years with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and
C. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $300,000 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for LED traffic signal display replacements on state-maintained streets.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Liz Babson, Transportation
Charles Abel, Transportation
Explanation
§ The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) administers a statewide asset maintenance program on state roadways within municipal jurisdictions.
§ Through municipal agreements, NCDOT reimburses the city for maintenance of certain state assets on state-maintained streets within the city limits.
- The city maintains signs and pavement markings for approximately 500 miles of NCDOT roads in Charlotte.
- The city maintains a total of 876 traffic signals in Charlotte, 524 (60 percent) of which are on state-maintained streets.
§ The city has entered into similar maintenance agreements with NCDOT for over 25 years.
§ NCDOT will reimburse the city annually for the following items:
- (Schedule A) Sign installation and maintenance up to $50,000,
- (Schedule B) Pavement markings installation and maintenance up to $25,000,
- (Schedule C) Traffic signal maintenance up to $600,000, and
- (Schedule D) Traffic signal retiming up to $200,000.
§ The Schedule C signal maintenance municipal agreement separately outlines that the city will replace LED traffic signal displays on state-maintained streets. Expenditures for FY21 are anticipated to be $300,000 and are funded in advance by NCDOT.
Charlotte Business INClusion
Municipal Agreements are exempt (Part A: Appendix 1.27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: Transportation Operating Budget
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Resolution
Budget Ordinance