Metro - File #: 2020-0202

• File #: 2020-0202
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/11/2020
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 4/16/2020
• Title: AUTHORIZE Contract Modification No. 306 (CCO 306) by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the construction contract for Segment 3 (Empire) of I-5 North Capacity Enhancements Project between SR-134 and SR-118 (Project) in the amount not to exceed $1.06 million under Funding Agreement No. MOU. P0008355/8501A/A9 within the LOP budget.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Bridge construction, Budget, Budgeting, Burbank, Construction, Contractors, Contracts, High occupancy vehicle lanes, I-5, I-5 N Hov Lanes Sr-134 To Sr-118 - Segment 2 (Sr-170 To Buena Vista) (Project), I-5 N Hov Lanes Sr-134 To Sr-118 - Segment 3 (Buena Vista To Magnolia) (Project), I-5 N Hov Lanes Sr-134 To Sr-118 - Segment 4 (Magnolia To Sr-134) (Project), I-5 North Corridor, I-5 North County Capacity Enhancements, Interchanges, Measure R, Project, Proposition C, Ramps (Interchanges), Regional Surface Transportation Program, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Southern California Highways, SR-118, SR-134, Subsidies

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
APRIL 16, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: I-5 NORTH CAPACITY ENHANCEMENTS FROM SR- 118
TO SR-134; SEGMENT 3

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE Contract Modification No. 306 (CCO 306) by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the construction contract for Segment 3 (Empire) of I-5 North Capacity Enhancements Project between SR-134 and SR-118 (Project) in the amount not to exceed $1.06 million under Funding Agreement No. MOU. P0008355/8501A/A9 within the LOP budget.

Issue
ISSUE

The construction contract for Segment 3 between West Magnolia Boulevard Overcrossing and 0.3 miles north of Buena Vista Street/Winona Avenue Undercrossing was awarded on November 29, 2012. Empire Avenue Interchange in Burbank was open to traffic on September 30, 2019, and the removal and reconstruction of Burbank Bridge and Interchange is anticipated to start in April 2020. Five of six freeway ramps at the Burbank Interchange have been closed since Oct 2019.

The construction of the new Burbank Bridge is scheduled to take twelve to fourteen months in the contract document and the ramps at the Burbank Interchange will be closed most times during the bridge construction except the northbound I-5 off-ramp to eastbound Burbank Blvd which is not in the way of the new Burbank Interchange construction. In consideration of potential traffic impacts due to the closures of the ramps and Burbank Bridge, The City of Burbank, communities impacted by the project, and the local & state elected officials have requested that a temporary southbound I-5 off-ramp to westbound Burbank Blvd be provided during the construction of the Burbank Bridge.

Providing the temporary off-ramp was not considered in the original contract. The implementation of the temporary off-ramp was evaluated and considered to be doable through design and contract modifications. CCO 306 authorizes $1.06 million to compensate the cont...