O’Fallon, Dardenne Prairie teamwork will bring better traffic flow on Bryan Road

An Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement has been approved between the city of Dardenne Prairie and the city of O’Fallon for Bryan Road turn lane improvements and Waterford Crossing Storm Water improvements.

Public Works Director Steve Bender said the city of O’Fallon initiated intersection improvements including the installation of right turn lanes at various intersections on Bryan Road to improve traffic flow within the city of O’Fallon and the city of Dardenne Prairie.

Dardenne Prairie initiated a project that will include the installation of public storm sewers and piping starting in the residential subdivision known at the Villages of Dardenne Prairie Plat 3 in the city of O’Fallon and ending in the residential subdivision, Waterford Crossing Plat 3 in Dardenne Prairie. Improvements will help the flow of storm water within the two cities.

Through this agreement, Dardenne Prairie will contribute up to $25,000 toward the cost of the Bryan Road project and O’Fallon will contribute $12,000 toward the cost of the Waterford Crossing Storm Water.

The O’Fallon City Council previously approved an agreement for federal funding of the Bryan Road Intersection Improvements project at the council meeting on March 24, 2011.

The Bryan Road improvements have been approved in the Fiscal Year 2012 budget prior to announcement of revenues from Dardenne Prairie.  The Storm Water Fund has $20,000 budgeted for project cost-sharing. The budget will be amended to reflect these projects.

In other business, the O’Fallon City Council: Accepted the bid from Gershenson Construction for the 2012 Asphalt Program construction contract which includes resurfacing various asphalt streets throughout the city.

Five contractors submitted bids on the project. In addition to the base bid there were two alternate bids.  Alternate Bid No. 1 includes the paving of a parking lot for Environmental Services at the Transfer Station which was also budgeted for 2012.  Alternate Bid No. 2 includes the paving of an asphalt floor for the proposed salt storage building located at the lagoon site which is proposed in the budget amendment going to the council.

Gershenson Construction was the lowest bidder with a base bid of $294,251. The bid for Alternate No. 1 was $22,050 and the bid for Alternate Bid No. 2 was $42,487, creating a total contract of $358,788.