Placement: New Business
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approval of Final Design Alternative for Tradition Parkway and Village Parkway Intersection Improvements.
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Submitted By: Antonio Balestrieri, P.Eng., MBA, Division Manager Traffic Operations - Public Works Department
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Executive Summary (General Business): Follow up presentation for the Tradition Parkway and Village Parkway intersection Improvement. Staff is requesting direction on a build alternative selection. The presentation will provide additional information, including public feedback, revised designs and cost estimates. Direction needed to stay on schedule to start RFP process for construction and award contract this fiscal year.
Presentation Information: 20-minute power point presentation by DRMP. Consultants and Staff will be available for questions.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council provide feedback and approve Build Alternative 3.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and complete motion in the affirmative.
2. Move that the Council not approve and provide staff direction.
Background: The Public Works Department hired a consultant, ALTA Planning + Design (“ALTA”), to evaluate the intersection design and operations for the potential of reconfiguring the intersection into a protected intersection layout. An initial presentation at the City’s first informal meeting, held February 6, 2024, was conducted with a takeaway to provide additional information and highlight the benefits of the different alternatives. ALTA provided a memorandum dated March 20, 2024, which was summarized in a “Via Memo” circulated April 15, 2024 and presented in May of 2025. Direction was given to get public feedback, and get more accurate cost estimates for Westbound and Eastbound left turn extensions. Scope was expanded to include additional survey, conduct subterranean utility exploration (SUE), review impacts to stormwater and other infrastructure, such as lighting in the median, and overall capacity improvements for vehicles. Final design will be completed in 4-6 weeks with final review and input from Council. A bid package will be created for the RFP process to commence as early as June to facilitate an award before the end of 2025/26 Fiscal Year.
Issues/Analysis: Due to high growth, the Southern Grove Master Plan, adopted in February 2021, identified this intersection for improvement needs, specifically recommending the possibility of implementing a protected intersection to mitigate high vehicle volumes that can create unsafe conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians. The Master Plan also recommended installing a pedestrian bridge east of the Tradition Parkway/Village Parkway intersection and west of the I-95 Interchange.
Financial Information: The Engineer’s cost estimates for construction is approximately $2,000,000 depending on selected build alternatives and scope. Due to the nature of this major intersection, night work could be evaluated but would result in a higher construction cost. This construction cost would include Construction, Engineering, and Inspection (CEI) services, and constructability and phasing needs still to be determined.
Special Consideration: Referenced Overhead Pedestrian Bridge, east of intersection, can be part of a phased approach as a separate project for future consideration.
Location of Project: Tradition Parkway and Village Parkway intersection, West of Interstate 95.
Business Impact Statement: N/A
Attachments: DRMP Presentation April 20th, 2026
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Legal Sufficiency Review:
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