DATE: January 24, 2019
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Paul Holzen, City Engineer/Director of Engineering
Jonathan Marston, Assistant Director of Engineering
William Banks, Staff Engineer
SUBJECT:
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Consideration of Resolution 2019-02, "A Resolution Approving the Preliminary Design of the East Main Street/Franklin Road Bridge Over the Harpeth River". (01/24/19 CIC 4-0)
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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 preliminary design of the East Main Street/Franklin Road Bridge over the Harpeth River.
Background
The City has been working with the USACE for the design of floodplain overflow culverts to be constructed adjacent to the East Main Street/Franklin Road Bridge in the Harpeth River's northern floodplain, as part of the City's Franklin Road Corridor Improvements Project. TDOT has recently notified the City that the East Main Street Bridge is included in their three-year plan for replacement. In addition, a private development located on the parcel adjacent to the southeast corner of the Harpeth River Bridge has also recently been approved by the City and could be impacted by TDOT's bridge replacement project.
In June 2018, the City of Franklin issued a work order to Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC), as part of COF Contract No. 2016-0319 for on-call professional engineering and surveying services, to perform survey, hydraulic analysis, develop a hydraulic bridge layout and preliminary roadway design for the replacement of the East Main Street/Franklin Road Bridge over the Harpeth River, in order to help facilitate the coordination of the City's Franklin Road Corridor Improvements Project, USACE's Harpeth River Feasibility Study, TDOT's upcoming bridge replacement project, and the local developer's approved E...
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