Denison Avenue Project (Ridge Road to SR-176)

7/29/2019 Denison Avenue Project (Ridge Road to SR-176)

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Brian J. Cummins, Council Member, Ward 14

Matt Zone, Council Member, Ward 15

Jomarie Wasik, Director

Mayors Office of Capital Projects

Richard J. Switalski, P.E., Administration Bureau Manager

Division of Engineering and Construction

MEETING MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC INFORMATION

MEETING (Rev. 2/21/2013)

for theDenison Avenue Utility Upgrade

and Repaving ProjectWas held on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 @ 6:00 PMAt Metro Catholic School, 3555 West 54th Street

AGENDA Welcome and Introductions (CDC) Opening Remarks (Councilpersons) Project Description (Middough and C.O.C. Engineering) Construction Phasing and Maintenance of Traffic (Middough

and C.O.C. Engineering) Project Funding and Schedule (C. O.C. Engineering) Question and Answers (Councilpersons) Closing Remarks (Councilpersons) Plan Viewing

Project Contact: Frank Keehl, P.E., (Project Manager): Office (216) 664-2256

Agencies represented:

City of Cleveland - Division of Engineering & Construction Cleveland Public Power Cuyahoga County Engineers Middough, Inc. Design Consultant Stockyard, Clark-Fulton & Brooklyn Centre Community Development Office


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Project Limits: Denison Avenue from Ridge Road to State Route 176 (Jennings Freeway) West 62nd Street from Barberton Road to Denison Avenue

Purpose of the Meeting:The purpose of the meeting was to present the Denison Avenue Utility Upgrade andRepaving Project plans to the public, and to gather public input on that plan.

Project Work Scope: A new CPP duct bank is to be installed underground along Denison Avenue from

W62nd to SR176, Jennings Freeway and along West 62nd Street from the railroadproperty south of Barberton Avenue to Denison Avenue.

Associated utility facility relocation. Pavement base repairs. Pavement resurfacing. Repair of curb, sidewalk and driveways, where necessary. Replacement of existing catch basins, where necessary. Installation of ADA compliant ramps at all intersections. Placement of pavement markings, including bike lane study.

Maintenance of Traffic: Project will start at west end and work eastward in three phases. Vehicular and pedestrian traffic will be maintained during construction. Traffic will be maintained to all businesses and residences. One way traffic will be maintained at all times along Denison. Detour routes will be provided for traffic travelling in the direction of the closed

lanes.

Why:Once input is received, we will complete the Construction Plans. There will be anotherpublic meeting, once a private contractor is hired by the City to construct the project, justbefore construction begins.

Project Construction Costs and Funding Sources: Cleveland Public Power $6,000,000 City of Cleveland $800,000

Cuyahoga County $800,000

Project Schedule: Design Completion March, 2013 Bid/Award/Public Meeting April, 2013 to May 2013 Construction May, 2013 to November 2014


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Questions and Answers Period

Public Comment: What is a duct bank and why is CPP placing this duct bank?City Response: A duct bank is a series of several pipes installed close to each other

about 3 feet down from the ground surface to the top of those pipes. Then those pipesare surrounded by concrete poured to form a large rectangular box four feet high by twoto three feet wide. Large power cables are then run through these pipes.

Presently electric power delivered to large number of CPP customers comes from the

electric producer along mainline power cables to the properties service lines. This newduct bank and mainline power cable installation will allow CPP to provide power to thecustomer from two different directions. If the main power cable from one direction stops

feeding power to the customer, the other main power cable is still in service to keep thepower going, even though there is a loss of power somewhere in the mainline system.This redundancy of power line feeds will provide for much more reliable service to CPP

customers.

Public Comment: Will there be any water disconnection or utility shut off during project;notification to residents and businesses?City Response: The contractor is required to do the work in a manner that there will be

minimal, or no, disruptions to service. The contractor will notify any occupant in advanceof any anticipated disruptions of service.

Public Comment: Denison is presently driven as 4 lanes from Ridge to Pearl, and those 4lanes are too narrow, which makes driving uncomfortable and dangerous on this street.

City Response: The lanes from Ridge to Pearl are presently not wide enough for two fullwidth lanes of traffic in each direction, but they are too wide for one lane in eachdirection. The general opinion of all parties was that standard width lanes need to beprovided along Denison for vehicular traffic, rather than lanes that are so wide that twovehicles can tightly fit in the one lane.

Public Comment: Large truck speeding on the narrow road are dangerous andoverloaded trucks are causing vibrations in the pavement and adjacent buildings that are

sometimes significant enough to cause damage. The speed limit should lowered.

City Response: The City will provide a traffic control to calm the traffic and will consider

the lowering of the speed limit along sections of Denison, if the traffic control calmingimprovements dont help enough.

Public Comment: What about bus service during construction if you are going to detourtraffic? There was a question regarding adding bus service on Denison east of W. 65 thStreet specifically, and

City Response: The Project will coordinate with GCRTA on this and other transit systemrelated issues, and will request that GCRTA do what they can to provide the best servicepossible.


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Public Comment: Bike Cleveland Group about two dozen present and several speakers

requested dedicated bike lanes along Denison. Biking on Denison is dangerous withheavy traffic and trucks speeding on too narrow of a road. No public opposition wasencountered to eliminating parking for bike lanes.The audience was generally in favor ofremoving parking. This could increase safety, especially for kids crossing street. Theredoesnt appear to be a significant demand for on-street parking. The group requested 3vehicle lanes, where possible, and 2 vehicle lanes, with 2 dedicated bike lanes where not

possible. Adding bike amenities is also an equity issue due to lack of access to cars for20-25% of population of surrounding neighborhoods. The entire audience was in

general agreement. There was also a request for multi-purpose path(s) - similar to whatis on Fairhill in Cleveland,in place of sidewalks.

A general traffic calming is needed. It was mentioned that the Average Daily TrafficCounts along Denison are less than 8,000 vehicles per day (NOACA 2012).

City Response: Space is very limited for dedicated bikeways. Walk replacements andcurb location revisions are not within the scope of this project. This would need to be

considered in a different project. The City is in favor of bike lanes, wherever possible.So the only opposition to dedicated bike lanes is space available to provide bike lanes.Capacity for vehicular traffic is a concern. Motorist delay can cause hazardous conditionsfor all, by creating impatient motorists that can make dangerous erratic movements.

COC Traffic Division will study feasibility and establish dialog with councilpersons andPlanning Dept. prior to providing COC Engineering and Construction Division with the

pavement marking plan to be implemented.

Public Comment: Complete Streets are needed. A request was made to restoretreelawns where possible.

City Response: The City is in agreement with this. However, funding for this project isvery limited. The scope of work is essentially limited to installing the duct bank andrestoring the road to a long lasting smooth asphalt surface. Some street tree plantings

are to be done in the near future, and bike lanes are to be seriously considered wherefeasible within the existing curb lines.

Public Comment: All of the utilities need to buried.City Response: The cost of burying utilities is extremely high. The City can only afford

to bury utilities in isolated areas. This projects funds are very limited and cannot providefor the burying of utilities, other than the duct bank being installed. Perhaps money couldbe found in the future to bury utilities at areas like the Denison and Pearl intersection.

Public Comment: There were concerns with the Dominion line replacement that they willharm mature trees as they deem appropriate. Damage to old mature trees by

construction needs to be eliminated, or some residents will be very upset.


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City Response: Dominion East Ohio Gas will be starting to install new replacement gaslines and sidewalks, where needed, on both sides of Denison from Fulton to W 33 rdStreet, in the next couple of weeks.

The project team will take a close look at locations where new facilities will be placed

near old mature trees to add notes to the plans that will require the contractor to takeexceptional care when working around the mature trees. They will be cautioned aboutthe trees, and will be told to bore their pipe next to mature trees if too close to the roots.

Preserve mature trees during construction. The City inspectors will be informed aboutthe concerns, and look at if it would be possible that when concrete walk is dug up that it

be replaced as appropriate with top soil , if appropriate . The City will involve the UrbanForestry Division to provide expert advice regarding the construction practices used andthe treatment of trees to minimize damages.

Public Comment: There were too many trucks and damages by those trucks alongsidestreets near Denison the last time they closed Denison to traffic.

City Response: Official signed detour route will be provided to help minimize Denison

traffic on adjacent side streets.

Public Comment: The I-71 interchange with Denison is a traffic hazard.The trafficcontrol needs to make sense so drivers actually follow it, and it needs to be enforced.

City Response: ODOT is upgrading the signing to reduce the hazard. There are otherslooking at ways to reduce the impacts of the side street traffic adjacent to this

intersection. This project is to provide new pavement markings along Denison to help,and will be considering revisions to the present pavement markings to improve trafficcontrol and safety. It needs to be monitor

Public Comment: About the paving portion of the project, there are areas where theroad surface is very rough and the old streetcar tracks are showing through holes in theasphalt. Are these areas going to fixed right and are the tracks going to be removed?

City Response: The pavement was last renovated in the late 1980s. Research on theexpected life of a renovation of existing pavement has been found to be 7 to 10 yearsbefore another renovation should be done to provide an excellent riding surface. The

pavement is bumpy in many areas where the base concrete pavement under the asphalthas broken up. This project is going to do base concrete pavement replacement in thosedeteriorated areas. The present asphalt surface is shoving at intersections and bus stops

when heavy vehicles stop quickly. This creates many of the ruts. The new asphalt to beplaced in this project is to be heavy duty rubberized asphalt that has been proven toprovide superior resistance to asphalt pavement shoving from heavy vehicles.

There are two sets of tracks. One set of tracks are to be removed wherever the ductbank is to be built in the area of that track. The other set will not be removed in this

project. The pavement base of these track areas makes a very solid road supportstructure. The new asphalt layers will be thicker over the track rails to remain than the

old asphalt was, so the asphalt layer should stay on the rail better.

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