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Board approves $6,500 amendment to Ayers Associates for intersection signal design and environmental study
Summary
The Wausau Board of Public Works approved a $6,500 amendment Sept. 23 to Ayers Associates to prepare a design study report and environmental documentation required by the DOT for federally funded traffic signal improvements; staff said temporary limited easements will be needed.
The Wausau Board of Public Works on Sept. 23 approved a $6,500 amendment to an existing agreement with Ayers Associates to complete a design study report (DSR) and environmental documentation for traffic signal intersection improvements at Sturgeon Eddie Road and Grand Avenue and at Townline Road and Grand Avenue.
City staff explained the change was prompted by a need for temporary limited easements and by federal-funding requirements from the state Department of Transportation. Speaker 2, a city staff member, said, “The DOT is requiring that we do an environmental document and a design study report for before they'll allow us to get the real estate.”
Staff said crews discovered there was not enough space behind the sidewalk to place new signal bases and that the project will need “some small squares of real estate to put in the bases.” Speaker 2 said the environmental work includes sending letters to tribes and hazardous-material investigations and that “a lot of it's categorically excluded, but we have to, you know, we have to” complete the required documentation. Speaker 1 added, “I think it's just 1 of those steps with the federal funding.”
Speaker 2 told the board, “So I think this is a fair price for them to do the DSR and the environmental document.” The board moved to approve the $6,500 amendment; the motion was seconded and approved. The transcript notes the amendment was signed by the mayor.
The transcript does not specify the precise parcels for the temporary limited easements, the schedule for easement acquisition, or which tribal entities will receive notification; those details were not provided during the meeting.
