Chase Street Trail from Strain Boulevard to West of Veterans Avenue

THE SERVICES OF A STATE OF FLORIDA REGISTERED CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED MATERIALS, TOOLS, PERMITS, EQUIPMENT, TRAFFIC CONTROL, LABOR AND SUPERVISION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHASE STREET TRAIL FROM STRAIN BOULEVARD TO WEST OF VETERANS AVENUE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE PRE-QUALIFIED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE FOLLOWING WORKGROUPS: (10) FLEXIBLE PAVING, (28) PAVEMENT MARKING, (38) ROADWAY SIGNING, AND (39) TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE AS SHOWN IN THE DRAWINGS PREPARED BY PATEL, GREENE AND ASSOCIATES LLC (PGA) FOR THE CITY OF LAKELAND PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (PROJECT NO. 005868) AND GENERALLY CONSISTS OF CONSTRUCTION OF A 10-FOOT WIDE SHARED-USE PATH. SEGMENT 1 FROM STRAIN BOULEVARD TO BRITTANY NICOLE DRIVE WILL ESTABLISH A 5-FOOT-WIDE CONCRETE PATH AND PROVIDE A CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE ON STRAIN BOULEVARD. SEGMENT 2, FROM BRITTANY NICOLE DRIVE TO NORTH WESTGATE AVENUE, AND SEGMENT 3, FROM WESTGATE AVENUE NORTH TO WEST OF VETERANS AVENUE, PROPOSE A 10-FOOT WIDE SHARED-USE PATH. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES UPGRADES TO THE EXISTING EMERGENCY SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHASE STREET AND NORTH BRUNNELL PARKWAY, WHICH WILL INCORPORATE AN ADDITIONAL MAST ARM AND LIGHTING TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND SUPPORT EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS. THE SUBMITTALS RECEIVED AND THE CONTRACT, IF AWARDED, SHALL BE IN COMPLETE ACCORDANCE WITH THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THE PROJECT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AS PREPARED BY PATEL, GREENE AND ASSOCIATES LLC., FOR THE CITY OF LAKELAND AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AND ALL CODES, REQUIREMENTS, AND REGULATIONS REFERENCED THEREIN. IN ADDITION, FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING IS BEING UTILIZED UNDER A LOCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT AND WILL BECOME PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS.