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Approve a resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Texas Department of Transportation for a waiver of the local match fund participation requirement for a federal off-system bridge program project for the Circle S Road Bridge at South Boggy Creek, and if the waiver is approved, to negotiate and execute an advance funding agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the participation-waived federal off-system bridge program project for the Circle S Road Bridge at South Boggy Creek. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact unless changes are made at the request of the City; however, the waiver requires City expenditures on a separate proposed bridge project.
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Lead Department
Transportation and Public Works.
Fiscal Note
This item has no fiscal impact.
For More Information:
Richard Mendoza, Director, 512-974-2488; Pirouz Moin, Assistant Director, 512-974-8769, Angela N. Johnson, Division Manager, 512-974-8779; Gilda Powers, Quality Consultant, 512-974-7092.
Additional Backup Information:
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has selected Circle S Road Bridge at South Boggy Creek for potential replacement under the Texas Department of Transportation Highway Bridge Program. This bridge is a single span bridge built in 1915, and the bridge has a narrow width, allowing one traffic lane only. As per the TxDOT recommendation, a weight limit sign was posted to restrict heavy vehicles from crossing the bridge.
This bridge is one of the lowest rated structures in Austin's bridge inventory.
In return for the proposed waiver of the City's required portion of the cost of the project, the City would be required to perform, or cause to be performed, an equivalent dollar amount of structural improvement work on another deficient bridge(s) or deficient mainline cross-drainage structure(s), referred to as "equivalent match project(s)", within the jurisdiction of the City. Staff have identified a proposed equiva...
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