DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Regular Action
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Authorization To Amend 2024 Transportation Capital Improvement Program Budget, Enter Into Joint Powers Agreement With Rosemount, And Award Construction Contract For Temporary Traffic Signal At County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 42 And CSAH 71/Blaine Avenue, County Project 42-176
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
* Authorize amending the adopted 2024 Transportation Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget to include County Project (CP) 42-176, the construction of a temporary traffic signal at the intersection of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 42 and CSAH 71/Blaine Avenue in Rosemount.
* Authorize entering a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Rosemount to establish roles, responsibilities, and cost share for the temporary signal project.
* Authorize the award of a construction contract for the installation of the temporary traffic signal system at the intersection of CSAH 42 and CSAH 71/Blaine Avenue, CP 42-176.
SUMMARY
To provide safe and efficient transportation in Dakota County, staff has been working closely with the City of Rosemount and the developer's engineering consultant for the Project Bigfoot site located at the southwest quadrant of CSAH 42 and CSAH 71/Blaine Avenue intersection (attachment: Location Map). Coordination to date has included impacts of the development, associated construction traffic on CSAH 42, CSAH 71/Blaine Avenue and the interchange ramps of Trunk Highway 52 and CSAH 42. The developer has requested a temporary traffic signal system at the intersection of CSAH 42 and CSAH 71/Blaine Avenue to manage construction traffic and safely facilitate traffic. The Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the installation of the temporary traffic signal by Resolution No. 23-389 (August 23, 2023). Construction for the Project Bigfoot site is expected to start in the spring of 2024, and the desire is for the temporary traffic signal system to be installed by the start ...
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