TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, Interim City Manager
TITLE: Update on the Price Boulevard Widening Project
Recommended Action
Approve Typical Roadway Cross Section Price Boulevard Phase 1 Widening Project.
Background Information
The Price Boulevard Widening Project was presented at a City Commission Workshop on April 15, 2014, reference Attachment Number 1. City Commission consensus was to proceed with the design of a four-lane roadway between Sumter Boulevard and Toledo Blade Boulevard within the existing right of way. This became the Price Boulevard Phase 1 Widening Project. It should be noted that the widening of Price Boulevard was originally presented at a City Commission Workshop on March 30, 2009. However, there was no progress on the Price Boulevard Widening Project until 2014. This was attributed to a decline in the economy between 2009 and 2014. In addition, available funding was directed toward the completion of the Sumter Boulevard Phase III Widening.
An agreement with Charlotte Engineering and Surveying, Inc. was executed on September 28, 2015, for the design and permitting of the Price Boulevard Phase I Widening Project. After initial surveying and data collection, an overlay of the proposed four lane road onto an aerial map with three variations of a typical roadway cross-section were presented at a public meeting on January 21, 2016, reference Attachment Number 2. Upon reviewing comments received from the public meeting, staff presented a recommended typical cross-section to the City Commission at their April 26, 2016, meeting, reference Attachment Numbers 3 and 4. Discussion focused on the following:
* The proposed posted 35 miles per hour (mph) speed limit of the widened roadway versus the existing posted 45 mph posted speed limit.
* Reduced four feet wide bicycle lanes versus the five feet minimum width required in the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC), for ...
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