Opening of Proposal - Bendix Improvements, Phase II - Lathrop to Voorde Proj No. 121-047 - HWC Engineering

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City of South Bend: PE/RW Services for Bendix Dr (Lathrop to Voorde) (DES# 2100022) | Page 9 TEAM PROJECT APPROACH RELEVANT EXPERIENCERELEVANT EXPERIENCE HWC worked with INDOT to provide roadway design, utility coordination, erosion control permitting, traffic signal planning, right-of-way plan development, and public hearing coordination services for the SR 56/US 31 Intersection Improvement project. With the high volume of traffic, the SR 56/US 31 intersection experienced traffic operations issues. The intersection is controlled with an actuated traffic signal. The intersection is in an urban area, and there are continuous and uncontrolled access points along SR 56 and US 31. HWC reduced congestion by adding a right turn lane on eastbound SR 56 to southbound US 31 and widening US 31 to accommodate two through lanes in both directions. In addition, the segment of SR 56 from I-65 to US 31 was converted from four travel lanes (two lanes in each direction) to a three lane section (one lane in each direction with a two way left turn lane) by way of a road diet. This method provided additional safety to motorists making left turn from businesses and side roads by providing them a median to pull into before merging into the travel lane. It also reduced the number of travel lanes the motorist had to cross before entering the median. The two way left turn lane will allow motorists to make left hand turn from the median without impacting traffic in the travel lanes of SR 56. All of this work was able to be performed within the existing pavement limits of SR 56, eliminating expensive right-of-way costs from what was originally identified in the initial project scope. HWC worked closely with the INDOT Seymour District to achieve the highest level of service. The construction cost of the project was $1.8 million. SR 56/US 31 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS SCOTTSBURG, IN HWC worked with INDOT to provide roadway design, utility coordination, traffic signal planning, and public information meeting coordination services for the US 31 Road Diet project. The need for this project is to address a number of rear-end traffic collisions. The purpose of this project is to enhance road safety and the overall quality of traffic flow by reducing rear-end traffic collisions. US 31 is a four lane Urban - Principal Arterial. Currently, there are no designated lanes for both northbound and southbound vehicles turning left along US 31 in Scottsburg, which has led to an increase in rear-end traffic collisions. HWC collaborated with INDOT and the City of Scottsburg to develop the road diet concept and establish the project limits. US 31 was converted from four travel lanes (two lanes in each direction) to a three lane section (one lane in each direction with a two way left turn lane) from SR 56 to York Road. The two way left turn lane will allow motorists to make left hand turns without impacting traffic in the travel lanes of US 31, reducing the number of rear end collisions. US 31 was milled and resurfaced to remove all existing pavement markings and new thermoplastic pavement markings were installed to delineate the three lane roadway section. The construction cost of the project was $563,000 US 31 ROAD DIET SCOTTSBURG, IN