INTRODUCTION
This Preliminary
Engineering Report for the 1996 Pay As You Go Program was prepared at the
direction of the MOBILE COUNTY COMMISSION by the Mobile County
Engineering Department. This report consists of three segments: Program Funds,
Program Summary, and Project Details. A brief description of the information
included in each segment follows:
PROGRAM
FUNDS:
The Program Funds segment indicates the amount of
Funding each Governmental Agency involved in this Program will share in the
total Program Funding.
| MOBILE COUNTY 1996 PAY AS YOU GO
FUNDS: |
$60,000,000 |
| FEDERAL FUNDS |
11,200,000 |
| TOTAL PROGRAM FUNDS |
$71,200,000 |
PROGRAM SUMMARY:
The Program Summary segment
indicates each project in the Program by Project Name and Project Number. This
segment also indicates the limits of the projects, the type work to be
performed, and an estimated cost. The abbreviations used for the type work are
further itemized below each table. Some of the projects will have a special
note indicating which agency will administer the project and the share of funds
that each agency will provide. These notes are also described below each
table.
The project numbers are set in Groups. The MCR-4996-000 Group
of Projects includes nine projects that are considered to be County Wide
projects. This means that these projects have been chosen because of their need
for the good of the entire County's growth and progress, regardless of County
Commission district. A total of $15 million of 1996 County Pay As You Go funds
have been allocated by the County Commission to fund these nine projects. The
first project in this program will match federal funds for Phase II of the
Schillinger Road North, (Project MCR-4992-001) from Lott Road to Highway 45.
Phase I of that project has not yet started construction due to environmental
difficulties, but construction should start within the next two years. Phase II
will follow soon after Phase I and the funds placed in the Program will match
funds in the 1992 Pay As You Go Program to complete this much needed
connection.
The next three projects in the 000 Group are projects that
will modify existing two-lane roads into five-lane roadways which will enable
the traveling public access from areas in the city limits to the five-lane
portions of Schillinger Road. These three projects include: Cottage Hill Road
from Cody Road to Schillinger Road, Old Shell Road from Hillcrest Road to
Schillinger Road, and Grelot Road from Cody Road to Schillinger Road. All of
these projects will be funded with 80% federal funds and 20% 1996 Pay As You Go
Funds. In the 1992 Program, County wide funds were set up to construct the
Urban Loop, one of which is under construction now, and some of which will be
started in the near future. These four projects will continue the much needed
major corridor type construction which will allow people to use this Urban
Loop.
The five remaining projects in the County Wide 000 Group are all
funded with 100% County 1996 Pay As You Go Funds. These projects are: The
extension of Highpoint Boulevard from Lott Road to U.S. Highway 45 with a
two-lane roadway, including the paving of Bellcase Road; the five-laning of
Three notch Road from General Road to Schillinger Road; the construction of a
new two-lane extension of Grelot Road from Schillinger Road to join Leroy
Stevens Road at the intersection of Jeff Hamilton Road Extension, and the
paving of that portion of Jeff Hamilton Extension from Leroy Stevens Road to
Dawes Road; the two lane extension of Nevius Road from the present end of
Nevius Road at Bush Land to Hillcrest Road, and the widening and resurfacing of
the existing two-lane section of Nevius Road from Oak Ridge Ave. to Bush Lane.
The last County Wide project, which will be funded with 1996 County Pay As You
Go Funds, is the construction of a new two-lane roadway, including the
installation of water and sewer mains, extending 2.5 miles west from the
existing end of pavement of Bienville Boulevard on Dauphin Island.
All
nine County Wide projects will be complete with a total of $11,200,000 of
Federal Funds and $15 Million of County Pay As You Go funds, for a total cost
of $26,200,000.
The County Commission District One (MCR-4996-100)
Group of Projects includes several projects in the unincorporated portions of
District One and at least one project in each of the following Municipalities:
Chickasaw, Citronelle, Creola, Mobile, Mt. Vernon, Prichard, Saraland, and
Satsuma. This Group of Projects will be funded by $15,000,000 of Mobile County
1996 Pay As You Go Program Funds.
The County Commission District Two
(MCR-4996-200) Group of Projects includes several projects in the
unincorporated portions of District Two and one project in the City of Mobile.
This Group of Projects will be funded by $15,000,000 of Mobile County 1996 Pay
As You Go Program Funds.
The County Commission District Three
(MCR-4996-300) Group of Projects includes several projects in the
unincorporated portions of District Three and one project in the City of Bayou
La Batre and one in the City of Mobile. This Group of Projects will be funded
by $15,000,000 of Mobile County 1996 Pay As You Go Program Funds.
PROJECT DETAILS:
The remaining
segment of this Report has itemized details of each road that is included in
each project in the Program. Each road has a brief description of the work to
be performed in that project. Each road in each project will be displayed on a
map.
The cost estimate indicated in this segment includes the cost of
construction, the engineering design and construction quality assurance fees,
the preliminary and construction materials testing, Right of Way Acquisition,
and Administrative cost for the Program.
This is a four-year Program.
Therefore, the intent is to have the last of the 81 Projects in this Program
started by October 2000.
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