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JUN 2 4 2002 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY OF ORONO DATE: June 10,2002 ITEM NO.: 8 Department Approval: Name Gregory A. Gappa Title Director of Public Scr\ ices Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: Public Services Director’s Report Item Description: Old Cr>'sial Bay Road Pavement Reconditioning Project Old Crystal Bay Road Between TH 12 and Fox Street The existing Old Crystal Bay Road bridge over the BNSF railroad tracks will be replaced as part of the new TH 12 bypass project. This work is scheduled for the year 2004. The pavement on Old Crystal Bay Road is nearing the end of its serv ice life and needs to be reconditioned within the next several years. The last major work completed on this road was a State Aid funded pavement overlay project in 1984. This project w ill be similar to the recently project completed on Stubbs Bay Road in which the existing pavement was ground up and then reused as a base course for the new pavement. The completion of pavement reclamation is a better solution than an overlay of the existing pavement because it eliminates the reflective cracking through the new overlay. The existing pavement has numerous transverse cracks which would reflect through the new overlay within several years. Also, included in this project will be paving of the shoulders. This will eliminate the current maintenance costs associated with the gravel shoulders and will also reduce the amount of crushed rock shoulder material that ends up the adjacent yards from snow plowing operations. The edge of the travel lanes will be striped, and the paved shoulders can then be used for bicyclists. Some higher speed bicyclists prefer to ride on the shoulder instead of the trail. This reduces the number of bicycle/pedestrian conflicts on the adjacent trail. A right turn lane will also be added for northbound Old Crystal Bay Road to eastbound Highway 12. Addition of this turn should reduce the morning rush hour traftic backups at the signal. The most opportuite time to complete a paving project on Old Crystal Road will be when the road is closed for the bridge replacement project. During this time the road will be closed between Watertown Road and TH 12 with the traffic detoured to Willow Drive. The only traffic north of Watertown Road will be local traffic. The road will still be open south of Watcrtowi: Road to Fox Street where Old Crystal Bay Road becomes Hennepin County Road 84. During the bridge closure time period, the traflic on this portion of Old Crystal Bay Road w ill probably also be less. Page I of 3 1 i