Title
Municipal Agreement for the I-277 Rail Trail Bridge Project
Action
Action:
A. Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Municipal Agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to accept Surface Transportation Block Grant funds in the amount of $1,903,000 for the I-277 Rail Trail Bridge project, and
B. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $1,903,000 in Surface Transportation Block Grant funds from NCDOT for construction to be used on the I-277 Rail Trail Bridge project.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Debbie Smith, Transportation
Johanna Quinn, Transportation
Explanation
§ The Rail Trail Bridge is a 280-foot-long pedestrian and bicycle bridge over I-277.
§ The project is in the Real Estate phase.
§ The project aims to enhance safety and improve pedestrian/bicycle connectivity between South End and Uptown in District 1.
- The project will connect the existing Charlotte Rail Trail that terminates just north of Morehead Street and the existing station platform at the LYNX Brooklyn Village Avenue light rail station.
- Once completed, the project will create 2.9 miles of continuous Rail Trail and will connect directly to the expanding Uptown CycleLink network of separated bike lanes and cycle tracks.
§ Council approved $11,000,000 of project funding on June 11, 2018.
§ The total budget for the I-277 Rail Trail Bridge project is $13,788,600 and is broken down as follows:
- $1,903,000: Surface Transportation Block Grant
- $8,396,047: Public and private partnerships
- $3,489,553: City funding
§ There will be a future request for Council action to approve an agreement to appropriate private partnership dollars.
§ This format is consistent with past municipal agreements between the city and NCDOT.
Fiscal Note
Funding: NCDOT
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Map
Resolution
Budget Ordinance