Opening of Proposal - Safe Routes to School - Muessel Primary and Holy Cross Area Proj No. 122-006 - Abonmarche

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ENGINEERING • ARCHITECTURE • LAND SURVEYING QUALIFICATIONS Abonmarche worked with the City of South Bend on this federally funded Safe Routes to School project. This project included replacement of over 550 sidewalk ramps along with +1000’ of sidewalk near Monroe Primary Center, Studebaker Elementary School and Riley High School. The work in this project included topographic survey, right-of-way engineering, an environmental categorical exclusion, engineering and design and utility coordination. The $1,500,000 construction project provides accessible sidewalk routes for students as well as residents. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA MONROE PRIMARY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL This Safe Routes to School project will provide a safe pedestrian and bicycle trail away from narrow roads with poor visibility and link the DeMotte Christian School and DeMotte Elementary School with the surrounding neighborhoods, downtown business area, and the little league baseball and soccer fields. The project required a pedestrian crossing at the signalized intersection of U.S. 231 and 9th Street and working closely with the Town, businesses, and residents to determine the appropriate route for the new mile-long path. In order to achieve this, Abonmarche prepared an environmental report, designed the path and pedestrian bridge, led neighborhood meetings, and helped the Town acquire necessary right -of- way. In addition, Abonmarche coordinated the work between the INDOT LPA process and a separate, new water main project in the same area in order to maximize the benefit of the money spent on each project and to fully benefit from the $250,000 Safe Routes to School Grant. 9TH STREET & BEGONIA STREET DEMOTTE, INDIANA 4 Abonmarche provided construction engineering for this $600,000 LPA sidewalk project in a residential area within the City of South Bend. The project included replacement of numerous sidewalk ramps and over 6,000’ of sidewalk and was constructed in the summer of 2017. The project was a success and provided safe ADA compliant pedestrian routes for residents in the City of South Bend around the Perley Elementary School and added sidewalk ramps to assist those with wheel chairs and strollers. We found the key to this project was communicating with the residents and school prior to starting construction on their street and educating them about the construction process. We assisted in finding sidewalk detour routes when existing sidewalks were removed or under construction. The design of this project was done by others without the aid of a topographic survey. Abonmarche construction technicians closely reviewed grades during construction to determine compliance with ADA regulations. Several field changes were necessary to achieve the goals of the City. SRTS PERLEY STREET SIDEWALK PROJECT SOUTH BEND, INDIANA