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REQUEST FOR ACTION TO ITEM NUMBER Ci Council 7,1, AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY Public Woxks March 21, 2011 ustin Femrite, P.E. ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By TH 169 Bridge Closure and Associated Detour of Traffic on Local System REVIEWED BY ACTION REQUESTED Approval of the attached Resolution and Detour Agreement No. 98526 as presented by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) for work they will be completing in June of 2011. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION Mn/DOT has a project scheduled to remove and replace the bridge railing and pour a new concrete overlay on the southbound TH 169 bridge that crosses over TH 10. To complete the proposed work, MnDOT will be restricting three turning movements at the intersection. The movements being restricted include southbound TH 169 to eastbound TH 10, westbound TH 10 to southbound TH 101, and eastbound TH 10 to northbound TH 169. The restricted movements and associated detours are shown on the attached figure. Upon being informed of the work MNDOT was planning, Police Chief Brad Rolfe, Mark Thompson, Lori Johnson, and I met to formulate a list of our concerns. Following this, I met with Mn/DOT on February 18, 2011 to express staffls concerns and request this work be completed while maintaining all movements on the State highway system. I expressed to Mn/DOT our concern that our local system would be inundated with traffic just trying to bypass the congestion on TH 169, even if all of the movements were maintained on the State system. Due to the constructability of the proposed work, it is not feasible to complete the project in phases and allow for the turning movements to remain on the State system. The project will require the closing of the southbound TH 169 bridge over TH 10 and shift the traffic to the northbound TH 169 bridge. This closure will result in one through lane of traffic in each direction on TH 169 at this location for the duration of the project. In addition, it will restrict the turning movements previously discussed and identified in the attached figure. With the understanding this project could not be phased, we requested at a minimum Mn/DOT include in their contract, the use of police officers to assist with traffic control through the area and duration of the project. In addition, we requested the work be scheduled to not interfere with holiday weekend traffic. Furthermore, we requested Mn/DOT add incentives for having the project completed in a shorter time frame. Mn/DOT has cooperated with these requests to the extent they are able. The work is planned to be completed between holiday weekends; weather delays can change the schedule of completion. Mn/DOT requests the Council pass the attached Resolution and Detour Agreement allowing for the use of the city streets identified to be used as the official detour routes. As detailed in the Detour Agreement, the State of Minnesota will reimburse the City of Elk River an estimated $965.34 for the use of these N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\03-21-2011\TH 169 Detour RFA 3-21-11.doc