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ST9905-AG060808AGENDA REQUEST FORI<2 T H E C I ? Y O F coPPEL "'>;,- ° x ~ ~ ro DEPT En„;ine~ring DATE August 8, 2006 ITE~1 # 16 ~ 7" 99-o S iTE'~1 CAPTION Consider authorization to close Bethel Road (between Loch Lane and Coppell Road North) for the construction of a portion of the Bethel Road project. ~ ~_~. ~ £ y F GOAL(S) '~ EXECUTIVE SUIVII~IARY The authorization to close Bethel Road will allo~~~ for the expedrt~ous and safe construction of the culverts beneath Bethel Road Staff ~~-t11 be available for any questions at the Council meeting ~~- I ~ P~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ FINANCIAL COQ TS wen.la Request Form - Rer~sed 09/04 Docun.ent ~~ame ~?13ethel Kd T H E C 1 T Y O F COPPELL ~. T -~ o ~ ~ k A s 1 8 9 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: Mayor and City Council ~--~,,,~ y~ a -=~° ~ ~,~,.,~ Kenneth M Gnffin, P.E , Director of Engmeenng and Public Works August 8, 2006 REF: Consider authonzat>on to close Bethel Road (between Loch Lane and Coppell Road [[}} North) for the construch~n of a portion oft/he Bethel Road project. On August 4, 2006, the city began advertising for bids for the reconstruction of Bethel Road (from Freeport Pkwy to the west city limits) m the City of Coppell and from the west city limits to S.H. 121 m the City of Grapevine As Council may recall, the City's of Coppell and Grapevine are working together to ~omtly bid the Bethel Road project as one project so that one contractor will be responsible for coordination of all events of the reconstruction. Ftt,e,~,,p o~l-- A large part of the Bethel Road project is construction of drainage im rovements Recently, we completed the box culvert improvements at the southeast corner of Lane and Bethel Road, so that the Hard 8 Restaurant could proceed with their construction. The continuation of those drainage improvements will require the removal and replacement of the culvert beneath Bethel Road, east of Loch lane Currently, there is one 5'x10' box culvert beneath Bethel Road, east of Loch Lane That culvert will be removed and replaced with four 5'x10' box culverts to a slightly different location to the east. The box culverts beneath Bed Roa are being designed and constructed for future conditions There are approximately 468-ac s that dram to the box .et~lve beneath Bethel Road, east of Loch Lane However, of at amount, approximate 240-a res are on DFW Airport property, south of Bethel Rd.,~ and west of Royal Lane Thosa2~'`~acres are currently undeveloped, so the flow into the box culverts for the foreseeable future will be less than what will ultimately be there once the DFW property develops To construct the box culverts beneath Bethel Road, the road will need to be closed for a period of time The current asphalt roadway is approximately 22 feet wide and to have equipment removing the existing box culvert and forming up and installing new box culverts would not leave adequate room for traffic to cross m this area. Again, because of the width of the current asphalt there is not even an opportum zo oafely--1°ttav~'-o1~e=°rvay-traffic through this area durm g r ~ ~ , Z,,, ,• [ o ..w,.4 ,~~- ~' ~~~ construction of the box culverts. The ability to close the roadway dunng the construction of the culverts will also impact the way the contractors bid on this work. If they were required to keep Bethel Road open during construction of the culverts, there would need to be extensive temporary drainage work performed and then a temporary road built either north or south of the current Bethel,,.-I~oa~c `tea id then the new culverts built one-half at a time The abilty~tq close Bethel Road vwll expedite the work, reduce the cost and create a safer work environment. Y If Council approves the closure of Bethel Road for the construction of the box culverts, then detour information will be provided so that westbound traffic will be routed south on Coppell Road to Burns and then back north on Freeport Pkwy to Bethel Road, and eastbound traffic will be routed south on Freeport Pkwy to Burns and then north on Coppell Road to Bethel Road. ~--_ Unfortunately, because of the width of Bethel Road, this is e first of several re uests that will be presented to Council for closures on Bethel Road for v~ us~_compZi __ construction. I anticipate that the next closure request will be for the'bndge ~~ e Creek i ediately west of Denton Tap Road, by the Summit at the Sp 'ngs Subdivision. ~i'ta~~at~ ~tlrere ~u more than likely be a request to close down Bethel Roa , ~iiZoppell Rd. N and Coppell Rd. S) to construct that portion of Bethel Road with the adjacent parking.. Closure of_~a~t"`~ section of Bethel Road will be much more complicated as we will need to address not only traffic, but also parking concerns m the area dunng construction. However I am getting ahead of myself on the future construction of Bethel Road. At this time, we do need the ability to close Bethel Road, between Loch Lane and Coppell Road North, to allow for the expeditious and safe construction of the culverts beneath Bethel Road. Staff recommends approval of this road closure and will be at the Council meeting to answer any questions.