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Council discusses downtown traffic-signal replacements; engineering contract to be brought back
Summary
City staff reported initial estimates for replacing two downtown traffic signals, including roughly $100,000 for engineering and about $500,000 per signal; council directed staff to return with an engineering contract and a budget amendment.
City Manager reported that preliminary work on replacing traffic signals at Main Street and Fourth Street and at Main Street and First Street shows the engineering phase would cost about $100,000 and each new traffic signal would cost roughly $500,000, with a two-year timeframe. "As requested, we have gathered some information about replacing the traffic signals at, Main and Fourth and Main and First. And, the engineering itself is about a100 $1,000. And at this point, the, traffic signals would be about $500,000 each. So and you're looking at a 2 year time frame," the City Manager said.
The City Manager told council that only the engineering expense would be required in the current fiscal year and the remainder could be budgeted over the next two fiscal years. He added that the project would require approval from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and the ordering of equipment, and that some conduits could be installed as part of the ongoing Main Street construction. "The approval from TDOT, the, ordering of the equipment," the City Manager said when describing next steps.
Council members asked about construction impacts to sidewalks and whether bump-outs would be needed at First Street. Staff said some sidewalk and curb work is likely unavoidable. "We are we will tear up some new sidewalk. There's no no way around it," the City Manager said, and noted the possibility of setting signal poles back in landscaped corners near the Veterans Memorial and the courthouse to reduce sidewalk disruption.
No formal vote took place during the work session. Council directed staff to bring a contract for engineering back at the next meeting and indicated a budget amendment will be required to cover the engineering cost. The City Manager said staff will return with the engineering contract and that if something changes before then council could still consider it at the following meeting.
