DATE: August 6, 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
SUBJECT:
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Consideration of a Professional Services Agreement (COF Contract No. 2019-0233) with Alfred Benesch & Company for the Final Design of the Old Peytonsville Road & Long Lane Bridge & Connector Project in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $585,310.50 (8/22/19 CIC 4-0)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Alfred Benesch & Company (Benesch) for the final design of the Old Peytonsville Road & Long Lane Bridge & Connector Project.
Background
In 2007, the BOMA approved a PSA with Clinard Engineering Associates, LLC, who later merged with Benesch, to perform the full design of a bridge and connector project between Old Peytonsville Road and Long Lane and for the realignment of the southern section of Long Lane. In the early stages of design, the project team developed several alternative alignment options for consideration. The team narrowed the options to two. One option, Alternative 5, showed an underpass of I-65, which would require the construction of one or two bridge structures to support interstate traffic. The other option, Alternative 6, showed an overpass of I-65. This information was presented at a public hearing in September 2007. In a letter dated October 24, 2007, the Chief Engineer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) notified the City that the underpass option, Alternative 5, would "have a negative impact on I-65" and was not considered viable. However, TDOT did express their willingness to work with the City to provide approval of an overpass option. With this information, and no funding programmed for right-of-way acquisition or construction, the City stopped development of pla...
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