DATE: October 10, 2017
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Paul Holzen, City Engineer/Director of Engineering
Jonathan Marston, Assistant Director of Engineering
SUBJECT:
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Status Update for Hunters Bend Elementary Safe Routes to School Project (TDOT PIN 118151.00)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning the status of the Hunters Bend Elementary Safe Routes to School Project.
Background
The City of Franklin was selected to receive a 2012 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) grant in the amount of $212,284.00 ($190,562.00 for construction) to improve the two (2) pedestrian tunnels near Hunters Bend Elementary School. Once (1) tunnel is located beneath Hillsboro Road, and the second tunnel is located beneath Fieldstone Parkway. Per the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT):
"Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a federally-funded program focusing on the benefits of children walking and biking to school...Projects and activities are 100% federally funded; no match permitted..."
The planned improvements for tunnels at Hunters Bend Elementary School included: general repairs to the tunnels, lighting in and between the 2 tunnels, general grading, drainage improvements, installation of an emergency call box, removal of large, loose boulders around the Hillsboro Road tunnel, small retaining wall(s), and improvements to the west entry of the Hillsboro Road tunnel.
During the design review process, TDOT staff required additional sidewalk work to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The main component of this additional work involves the reconstruction of the south ramp, which leads from the tunnels to the school. The designer incorporated these required changes into the final construction plans. Profiles of the proposed sidewalk were included in the construction plans. Unfortunately, as is typical with a sidew...
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