Jayne Kirkpatrick, Director, Public Affairs

Prepared by:  David Blount, Public Affairs Specialist

January 2, 2013

For more information: Contact Chris Johnson, Project Manager, 919-996-4057

Stewart Engineering Chosen For Six Forks Sidewalk Replacement Effort

The Raleigh City Council today elected to negotiate a contract with Stewart Engineering for design services for the Six Forks Road sidewalk project. Small Disadvantaged Minority and Women-Owned Business participation is expected to be approximately 90 percent.

The sidewalk project will include the construction of sidewalks along the north side of Six Forks Road between Wake Forest Road and Coleridge Road. The majority of the work will be located between Selby Drive and Coleridge Drive. However, the project will include retrofitting existing ramps to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards along the entire corridor. There will be crosswalk adjustments at the intersection with Wake Forest Road. The project will also include a pedestrian bridge across the stream between Anderson Drive and Oakland Drive. 

The work will include engineering design, surveying, subsurface utility engineering, right of way/easement plats, and bidding and contract services to provide construction drawings. The project design will be funded by the City of Raleigh through use of excess funding from previously completed projects. However, the remaining project construction will be funded by a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation with 80 percent federal funding and a 20 percent City match. The construction budget for this work was $483,000 and the City’s local match of $100,000 is funded in the Fiscal Year 2013 Capital Improvement Program.