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Home My WebLink AboutItem 2d: Designation of Foothill Boulevard as a Detour Route for Closure of 210 Eastbound Between Baldwin and Santa Anita for Construction of Gold Line Extention ti 4 �F F RNieLk C.: p ol iA 17 Ai;; S��I , tom STAFF Co � .unity of cg REPORT Development Services Department DATE: January 18, 2011 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Jason Kruckeberg, Assistant City Manager /Development Services Directo Philip A. Wray, Deputy Director of Development Services /City Engineer a� SUBJECT: DESIGNATION OF FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AS A DETOUR ROUTE FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE EASTBOUND 210 FREEWAY BETWEEN BALDWIN AVENUE AND SANTA ANITA AVENUE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOLD LINE FOOTHILL EXTENSION ICONIC FREEWAY STRUCTURE Recommendation: Approve SUMMARY The Iconic Freeway Structure will be the first element of the Gold Line Foothill Extension to begin construction. The construction is planned to begin in spring 2011 and will require the closure of the eastbound 210 Freeway lanes for three relatively short periods of time. Skanska /AECOM, the Authority's engineering /construction team, has provided the City with a tentative schedule for the project and the freeway closures. The closures will only be for the eastbound direction and will only be allowed at night, generally between the hours of 12:00 A.M. to 5:00 A.M. Skanska /AECOM approached the City with a request to select a detour route around the closure. The team presented several alternatives and asked the City to review them and /or look at other alternatives. Upon considering all the possibilities, the Committee recommends using Foothill Boulevard between Baldwin Avenue and Santa Anita Avenue as the preferred detour route. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Foothill Boulevard detour route. Staff will continue to work with the construction team on the plans and details in preparation for the closures beginning this summer. BACKGROUND In June of 2010, the Gold Line Foothill Extension Authority awarded a contract for the construction of the Iconic Freeway Structure to the Skanska /AECOM engineering/ Staff Report January 18, 2011 Page 2 construction team. This is a design /build contract where the team will perform all the necessary tasks such as completing the design, preparing the construction drawings, obtaining all required permits and clearances and carrying out the construction. The construction is planned to begin this spring and take approximately 18 months to complete. During construction, the eastbound 210 Freeway lanes will need to be closed for three relatively short periods of time. Skanska /AECOM presented the City with a tentative schedule for the project and the freeway closures. The closures will only be for the eastbound direction and the requirements are dictated by Caltrans. Caltrans will only allow the closures at night, generally between the hours of 12:00 A.M. to 5:00 A.M. with slightly different hours on the weekends. The proposed closure periods and associated tasks are identified below: Approximate Time Period Number of Nights Task Late Summer 2011 10 Pile Drilling Fall/Winter 2011 30 Place Scaffolding Summer 2012 20 Remove Scaffolding The construction team is currently working on the plans and details for the closure including preparing detour plans, obtaining Caltrans, County, City and other permits, preparing a traveler information program and preparing a public outreach program. The freeway closure is needed between the Baldwin Avenue off -ramp and the Santa Anita Avenue on -ramp. Caltrans has expressed flexibility on the points of exit and entrance, which means the final freeway exit point could be further back at Michillinda Avenue as long as the detour route is relatively direct and is approved by the local jurisdictions. The closure will include advance warning signs to encourage traffic to exit the freeway several ramps ahead of the final exit, and will include the use of the Changeable Message Signs throughout the region, like on the approaching Routes 5, 101, 134 and 210 to display a message warning of the closure ahead in Arcadia and suggest the use of an alternative route. The construction team proposes to provide all reasonable traffic control measures that are deemed necessary by the local jurisdictions to make the detour function successfully like traffic signal timing modifications, barricades at various side streets and traffic officers to direct traffic. DISCUSSION The Construction Team approached the City with a request to determine a detour route around the closure. The team presented several alternatives and asked the City to review them and /or look at other alternatives. City staff formed a Freeway Closure/ Detour Committee made up of Police, Fire, Public Works and Engineering/Traffic representatives to review the detour routes and recommend a preferred alternative. Staff Report January 18, 2011 Page 3 The Committee identified Foothill Boulevard, Colorado Street and Huntington Drive as the most reasonable routes for consideration. The Committee based their review on several key factors that could potentially affect the traffic flow and the City of Arcadia such as: • Noise levels adjacent to residential • Signalized intersections • Right and left turns • Potential for traffic problems • Conflicts with adjacent land uses • Overall travel distance in the detour • Potential for deviation to other less desirable routes Upon considering all the factors, the Committee recommends using Foothill Boulevard. The recommend route is a left turn exiting the freeway at Baldwin Avenue, northbound on Baldwin Avenue to Foothill Boulevard, right at Foothill Boulevard, eastbound to Santa Anita Avenue, right at Santa Anita Avenue, southbound to the freeway, and left onto the freeway on -ramp. This route has the least amount of turns, the most convenient access to and from the freeway, the least amount of traffic signals and avoids high activity commercial areas like the downtown segment of Huntington Drive with the restaurants, bars, and parallel parking. The downside to Foothill Boulevard is the potential noise impact to the adjacent residential neighborhoods; however, all detour routes considered have some adjacent residential. The Construction team would like to move ahead with the plans for the detour and is looking for a commitment from the City on a route as soon as possible. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact to the City for this action. The Construction team will perform all the work and provide all the necessary traffic control measures. RECOMMENDATION That the City Council approve the designation of Foothill Boulevard as a detour route for the closure of the eastbound 210 Freeway between Baldwin Avenue and Santa Anita Avenue for the construction of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Iconic Freeway Structure. Approved: ~-• P�,• - ,, — ) Donald Penman, City Manager J K: PAW:pa �, y ] J,..., -1„....-' ..,,� � . _ � }�, /lam f.w n v` f 'T y - t, , , � , " am _ C ' 1,,. IP ,- t 7 0,1.:, ii - ' _. r u . _. , i ,., . '' ,, „ � .. r r ..,« . 1 !- ., ✓.' ' AF I o f :J I 4. . # mi l � ' � .� rt �` . � . ` it 4 ' ' • 4 • �_ ' < � }. , i r "'I e ti + ' , ' '' i cy , k ' . y 11 7i #' ��+ s` & . . � -_.- - ate}// `, ` r s�� ' ; � F �r " • ' . �. G r � ! it 1 I. r � - b �, V '� — 1 " M " i 111 iii 1i ' , , ' I 4 • t o , I - .... _ a �.. -.� f 10 ? '~« r, r � '•. . 1 ♦ F. a 1, r .e. 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