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Request Board Approve Amendment 3 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, for Agreement 2022-041, Thompson Nursery Road extension. ($4,119,689.30 one-time expense)
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DESCRIPTION
The County entered into agreement 2022-041 with Kimley-Horn and Associates on June 7, 2022, to provide professional engineering services for the Thompson Nursery Road Extension project in the amount of $5,088,870.83. Services included design, permitting, right-of-way acquisition support, and bidding assistance for TNR Phase I - Segments 1, 3, & 4, PD&E (Alignment Study) for Phase I - Segment 2, and an option to include the design of PH I - Segment 2 and PD&E and design for Phase II via an amendment. The proposed four-lane urban collector roadway will extend from US 17 at SR 540 to US 27 at Thompson Nursery Road.
The limits of each segment and phase are listed below:
PH I - Segment 1: SR 540 at US 17 to CR 655 (Rifle Range Road) at Eloise Loop Rd
PH I - Segment 2: CR 655 (Rifle Range Road) at Eloise Loop Rd to East of CSX R/W
PH I - Segment 3: East of CSX Railroad R/W to Eloise Loop Road
PH I - Segment 4: Eloise Loop Road to W. Lake Ruby Drive at Thompson Nursey Rd
PH II: Thompson Nursery Road at West Lake Ruby Drive to US 27
On August 8, 2023, Amendment 1 in the amount of $1,092,555.64 was approved by the Board to allow Kimley-Horn and Associates to modify the scope to add the PD&E study for Phase 2 of the project. The study evaluated the new four-lane, divided roadway following the existing alignment of Thompson Nursery Road, along the center, left, and right. On May 20, 2025, the Board approved the recommended alignment which resulted in a combination of the three alternatives evaluated.
On May 28, 2024, the County entered into a Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with the City of Eagle Lake on the Thompson Nursery Road Extension project for additional design and permitting to relocate the city utilities in conjunction with the County's Project. In accordance with the JPA, t...
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