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By CAROL BROEDER/Arizona Range News
The city of Willcox will be responsible for yet-to-be determined electrical costs for lighting at Exit 340 on Interstate 10.
City Manager Gilbert Davidson estimated costs at "several hundred dollars per year," based on costs for signal lights the city now has at Rex Allen Drive and Bisbee Avenue.
The state plans to build a new five-lane bridge over I-10, just west of the current two-lane span.
Included in the city's costs will be electricity for new traffic signals at Virginia Avenue and pedestrian lighting, but not traffic signals on the ramps, Davidson said.
The cost estimate for the city will be determined in fiscal year 2007, he said, and a preliminary analysis will be completed on the cost to operate the light system at Rex Allen Drive and Bisbee Avenue.
At its Feb. 7 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement between the state and the city, authorizing Willcox to cover the electrical costs once the interchange project is completed.
Mayor Mick Easthouse told the council that the city will pay the electrical costs and the state will maintain the lights.
"It is the intent of the state and the city to participate in the design, construction, and maintenance of a new warranted traffic signal at the intersection of Ft. Grant Road and Circle I Road (formerly Virginia Avenue)," Davidson said in a letter to the council.
Both parties agreed that the state will design, construct, and maintain the traffic signals, street lights and bridge pedestrian lighting, he said.
The state also agrees to maintain the street lights and bridge pedestrian lighting, including replacement of the luminary lamps as necessary, he added.
Davidson said the estimated cost of the Exit 340 project is $12.5 million, up from a previous estimate of $8.5 million due to rising costs of materials.
The city agrees to provide and pay for the electrical energy to operate the traffic signals, street lights, and bridge pedestrian lighting, he said.
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to seek bids for the Exit 340 construction project in late spring or early summer and award the contract in late summer, said Paul Sullivan, an agency project manager.
Construction should begin sometime in the Fall of 2005 and take about 15 months to complete, he said.
The contract stipulates that the contractor may not do any work that would interfere with Rex Allen Days on the first weekend in October, Sullivan said.
(Editor's Note: Associate Editor Ainslee S. Wittig contributed to this report.)
City Manager Gilbert Davidson estimated costs at "several hundred dollars per year," based on costs for signal lights the city now has at Rex Allen Drive and Bisbee Avenue.
The state plans to build a new five-lane bridge over I-10, just west of the current two-lane span.
Included in the city's costs will be electricity for new traffic signals at Virginia Avenue and pedestrian lighting, but not traffic signals on the ramps, Davidson said.
The cost estimate for the city will be determined in fiscal year 2007, he said, and a preliminary analysis will be completed on the cost to operate the light system at Rex Allen Drive and Bisbee Avenue.
At its Feb. 7 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement between the state and the city, authorizing Willcox to cover the electrical costs once the interchange project is completed.
Mayor Mick Easthouse told the council that the city will pay the electrical costs and the state will maintain the lights.
"It is the intent of the state and the city to participate in the design, construction, and maintenance of a new warranted traffic signal at the intersection of Ft. Grant Road and Circle I Road (formerly Virginia Avenue)," Davidson said in a letter to the council.
Both parties agreed that the state will design, construct, and maintain the traffic signals, street lights and bridge pedestrian lighting, he said.
The state also agrees to maintain the street lights and bridge pedestrian lighting, including replacement of the luminary lamps as necessary, he added.
Davidson said the estimated cost of the Exit 340 project is $12.5 million, up from a previous estimate of $8.5 million due to rising costs of materials.
The city agrees to provide and pay for the electrical energy to operate the traffic signals, street lights, and bridge pedestrian lighting, he said.
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to seek bids for the Exit 340 construction project in late spring or early summer and award the contract in late summer, said Paul Sullivan, an agency project manager.
Construction should begin sometime in the Fall of 2005 and take about 15 months to complete, he said.
The contract stipulates that the contractor may not do any work that would interfere with Rex Allen Days on the first weekend in October, Sullivan said.
(Editor's Note: Associate Editor Ainslee S. Wittig contributed to this report.)
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