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To the Mayor and Members of the City Council April 19, 2011
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SUBJECT: West 7 th Street Bridge Reconstruction Project
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This Informal Report is to advise Council of a change in schedule for the West 7th Street bridge
reconstruction project. City staff has been informed by the local Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) office that the low bidding contractor for the project was not able to attain
the bonding required in order to be awarded the contract. Consequently the project must be rebid.
This turn of events is expected to delay project completion by 1 year, from late 2012 as originally
planned to late 2013. It will not be known until after new bids are received how this delay will affect
the cost of the project. The overall bidding climate remains very competitive so staff is hopeful that
there will be no dramatic increase in bid prices as compared to the original set of bids.
Currently the expectation is to rebid the project as soon as possible with a goal of having the
contract awarded during summer of 2011. Between project award and the Stock Show of 2013,
the contractor will be pre-fabricating the major bridge parts and relocating utilities as needed to
accommodate the construction project. As soon as the 2013 Stock Show is completed the
contractor will begin the process of demolishing the existing bridge and erecting the new structure.
The contract is expected to call for project completion in November 2013 with significant penalties
for late completion, along with financial incentives for early completion.
City and TxDOT staff expect to hold a meeting with key community stakeholders within the next 2
weeks to inform the community of this situation and describe the plan for moving forward.
Community input will be sought at that meeting to ensure that the execution of this project is as
sensitive to community needs and desires as possible.
A joint City of Fort Worth/TxDOT press release will be issued today to inform the broader
community of this matter.
Any questions on this can be directed to Assistant TPW Director, Greg Simmons at (817) 392-
7862.
,.,�rTom Higgins
Interim City Manager