HomeMy WebLinkAbout10 Donner Park Overcrossing Bridge Project Agenda Item # 12
Memorandum
To: Board of Directors
From: Joe Horvath, District Electrical Engineer
Date: April 27, 2001
Utility Agreement with CalTrans — Donner Park Overcrossing
Bridge Project
The California State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be replacing the
existing Donner Park Overcrossing Bridge over 1-80 with a new structure this spring.
This is the bridge on Donner Pass Rd. located between Coldstream Rd. and Richards
Blvd. The District has existing conduits in place on either side of this bridge for future
electric distribution and telecommunications circuits. These conduits were installed as
part of joint projects with Williams Communications and Southwest Gas, completed
within the last two years. In order to tie the conduits together in the most economical way
possible, conduits should be installed on the new bridge during this bridge construction
project. This would allow for future undergrounding of existing overhead circuits at a
fraction of the cost of a conduit installation project initiated after the bridge was built.
Caltrans has prepared a Utility Agreement for the District to sign, which must be returned
soon if we are to take advantage of this opportunity. The total cost to install conduits on
the new bridge is $20,000, or approximately $21 per foot. This could be paid out of the
Electrical Capitol Projects fund, which has enough surplus to cover this cost due to the
very favorable bid price recently approved for the Bypass Underground Crossing Project.
Recommendation
I recommend the Board approve the General Manager to sign the utility agreement with
Caltrans providing for the installation of electric and communication conduits in the new
bridge.
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