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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6737 for the Improvement of Atlantic Avenue Northbound Right Turn Pocket between Esther Street and Pacific Coast Highway, and authorize City Manager to execute a contract with the lowest bidder, LMT Enterprises, dba Tyner Paving Company. The estimated contract amount is $473,217 plus a 25 percent contingency amount of $118,304, if necessary, for a total of $591,521, and any amendments thereto except for an increase in the contract price. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
Currently, northbound motorists making right turns onto southbound Pacific Coast Highway cause gridlock for the northbound Atlantic Avenue #2 through lane, due to conflicts with pedestrians crossing Pacific Coast Highway. By adding an exclusive right turn lane in the northbound direction of this intersection, traffic is handled more efficiently and traffic flow and pedestrian safety will improve by eliminating current conflicts between motorists making a right turn and pedestrians crossing on the east leg of this intersection. The project is a cooperative effort between the City's Redevelopment Agency and the Long Beach Unified School District, who is the adjoining landowner. The project includes construction of curb, gutter, sidewalk, curb ramps, traffic signal pole relocation, striping and signing, relocating storm drain catch basins, cold milling and resurfacing portions of Atlantic Avenue, landscaping the current vacant lot at the southeast corner of Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway, relocating street lights, reconstructing an extension of the existing parking lot and slurry sealing the existing asphalt concrete surface of the parking lot. A vicinity map of the area is attached as Exhibit A.
City Council's adoption of the plans and specifications and award of the contract to the lowest responsible bidder are being recommended concurrently in order to expedite implementation of this project. The project was advertised for bid on ...
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