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Riverwoods approves $27,800 change order to restripe Portwine Road and repair police-station pavement
Summary
The Board approved a $27,800 change order to Chicago Paving Contractors to restripe Portwine Road and perform pavement improvements at the police station; Director Witt also updated trustees on Saunders Road water-main repair, IEPA permit steps, and upcoming bids for the Saunders Road project.
The Village of Riverwoods Board of Trustees approved a $27,800 change order to Chicago Paving Contractors Inc. to restripe Portwine Road and make pavement improvements at the police station, the board heard. Director of Community Services Witt explained the change order and the broader road program updates.
Witt said the police-station parking area and Village Hall had not been seal-coated for several years and that the police lot was "well overdue." He said the contractor's unit-price bid made adding the police-station work practical without full rebidding, and described the contractor as having done a "stellar job" on recent county paving work in the area.
On Portwine Road, Witt said crack-seal work had started and that some tarps used during repairs had covered the center line. "We wanted to get the Portwine Road restriped with a double yellow down the center, and we were asked to look at [striping] on the sides as well," Witt said, adding that new white-edge stripes would improve safety.
Witt also briefed the board on the Saunders Road project. He said crews are fielding resident complaints about settling at the site of a recent water-main repair and that GHA, the village engineer, has been asked to inspect regularly. Witt explained the planned repair approach: once the line is fully replaced, crews will use "flowable fill" (a low-slump concrete) to backfill the excavation to prevent future settlement.
Witt said GHA had submitted drawings for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) permit, that a drawing review was expected imminently, and that the village would soon go out for bids and bring a contractor award to the board. "We should be having a drawing review tomorrow and be going out for bids shortly for that project and be bringing that to the village board for an approval for a contractor," Witt said. He added that a preconstruction meeting had not yet been scheduled because the village engineer had been out of town but expected it to be set within a week.
The board voted by roll call to approve the change order; the transcript records the motion, a second and that the motion carried.
