SUBJECT: First Amendment to the Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for Bridge Replacement or Rehabilitation for Lockwood Drive at Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)/Liberty Road Bridge.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve a First Amendment to the Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for Bridge Replacement or Rehabilitation for the Off-State System Federal-Aid Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program for Lockwood Drive at Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Liberty Road Bridge.
LOCATION: The Project area is generally bound by Lucille Street on the north, East Lockwood on the east, Wallisville Road on south, and Erastus Street on the west.
PREVIOUS HISTORY AND SCOPE: On October 6, 2021, under Resolution No. 2021- 0029, City Council approved the request for a waiver of the Local Match Participation Requirements for the Off-State System Federal-Aid Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation, in return for the City agreeing to perform structural improvement work on other deficient bridges within the City’s roadway system program.
On February 16, 2022, by Ordinance No. 2022-0121, City Council approved and authorized an Advance Funding Agreement between the City and TxDOT for bridge replacement or rehabilitation at Lockwood Drive at Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR), at Liberty Road.
SCOPE OF THIS AMENDMENT: This First Amendment is due to the City’s request for TxDOT to widen the proposed bridge from seventy-two (72) to eighty-five (85) feet. The widening is being made to accommodate the shared-use path of bike lanes and Bus Rapid Transit lines on both sides of the bridge.
The overall project cost is $18,150,000.00 with a total requested amount of $2,807,291.55, which is to be appropriated as follows: $2,673,611.00 for cost of the Project and $133,680.55 for CIP Recovery Cost.
FISCAL NOTE: No significant fiscal operating impact is anticipated as a result of this Project.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Director
Houston Public Works