Title
Recommendation to Accept the Work of Chrisp Company for Fiscal Year 2020-21 Sign and Striping Maintenance Project, No. P.W. 10-21-35. (Public Works 31041520)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) has over one hundred and forty-seven (147) centerline miles of roadway and nine hundred and sixty-nine (969) intersections, providing access and circulation to every resident and business in the City. In order to ensure that pavement markings and stop/yield signs are properly maintained, the City established an annual capital project to systematically refresh and replace pavement markings and signs. As part of this year's project, seventy-six (76) intersections were refreshed or improved. Sections of Aughinbaugh Way and Mecartney Road were also refreshed or improved (1.14 centerline miles total).
BACKGROUND
Staff began the annual program to systematically refresh and replace pavement markings and signs with a focus on intersections, as opposed to midblock striping, because intersections have higher safety considerations. The pavement markings and signs at intersections help to control the right-of-way and preserve traffic and pedestrian safety.
Staff performed condition assessments of intersection pavement markings and signs in the Bay Farm Island zone of the city. Seventy-six (76) intersections within this zone were identified for restriping and/or sign replacement. Fourteen (14) of those intersections received pedestrian improvements, such as advanced stop bars, yield markings, new crosswalks, or ladder hatched crosswalks.
In 2020, the City, through its annual pavement management project, resurfaced 10 miles of roadway in the Bay Farm Island zone, which accounted for improvement of 97 intersections. As a result, condition assessments under this program determined striping at numerous intersections still in good condition. This left room in the budget to restripe or improve (1) Aughi...
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