City awards bid for street overlay project | City briefs
Published 3:57 pm Tuesday, June 16, 2015
City awards bid for street overlay project
The city received the lowest bid for its 2015 Residential Street Overlays from Lakeside Industries, in the amount of $543,628.00. Lakeside Industries has completed numerous paving projects for Mercer Island in the past, namely the 2012 Island Crest Way Resurfacing Phase 1 and the 2013 Arterial and Residential Overlay projects.
Construction activities on the contract are tentatively scheduled to begin in late August and be done in mid-October. Lakeside Industries has also been awarded the construction contract for the City’s 2015 S.E. 40th Street Overlay project, and they plan to focus their effort on completing that project first, prior to the start of school, and then move to the 2015 Residential Street Overlay project.
The adopted 2015-2016 Capital Budget allocated $738,000 for residential street overlay work in 2015. This project will resurface 1.5 miles of the city’s 58.3 miles of publicly maintained residential streets.
The streets are:
• 66th, 70th, and 71st Avenues, lying north of S.E. 24th Street on the north end of the First Hill neighborhood. These roadway pavements are relatively thin and were last resurfaced with a chip seal in 1986. Their 2013 pavement condition index (PCI) ratings range from “fair” to “poor.”
• 70th Avenue from S.E. 24th to S.E. 29th Streets, also in the First Hill neighborhood. This street has not received any significant work since a chip seal in 1986 and its current PCI rating is “fair.”
• Merhaven neighborhood, lying west of Island Crest Way in the 4800 block. This area consists of portions of S.E. 48th Street, 86th and 88th Avenues, 88th Place, and S.E. 50th Street. Most of these roadways were built in the early 1960s, and the area received a chip seal in 1983. PCI ratings vary from “satisfactory” to “fair” to “poor” to “very poor.” SE 48th Street and 86th Avenue (which were rated as “satisfactory” in 2013) were significantly impacted by new watermain installation in 2014.
• S.E. 53rd Street and 90th Avenue, lying east of Island Crest Way. This plat of homes was developed in the mid-1960s and received a chip seal in 1985. The existing pavement has extensive alligator cracking and significant root damage from nearby pine trees, leading to PCI ratings of “very poor” and “failed.”
City’s support of children’s play earns recognition
Hundreds of cities and towns, including Mercer Island, earned recognition today once gain from national nonprofit KaBOOM! as 2015 Playful City USA communities for their efforts to increase play opportunities for children.
This is the eighth year the City’s Parks and Recreation Department has received this award, which recognizes ongoing dedication to play and healthy living opportunities.
Mercer Island offers diverse options such as: the award-winning Adventure Playground giving children the opportunity to experiment with construction and tools; or Deane’s Children’s Park encouraging imagination; and the FunMobile drop-in program.
Additional information is available by contacting Recreation Superintendent Diane Mortenson at 206-275-7861.
