A Bainbridge Island neighborhood just got a financial boost toward a brand new sidewalk, and more.
The city took steps toward a new sidewalk along Wing Point Way when the city council set aside funding for the project in May. The city’s funding was aimed at garnering a matching grant that would pay for the bulk of the project.
The city council set aside $57,477 from the general fund for the street-side work, and city officials were recently notified by the Puget Sound Regional Council that it had awarded $303,398 in federal grant funds to go toward Wing Point Way.
The council will meet this week to consider approving a consulting contract with HDR Inc. to design non-motorized improvements to Wing Point Way.
Improvements will include the design of a sidewalk along one side of Wing Point Way, as well as the reconstruction of the roadway surface and storm drainage improvements. The project also includes curbing, gutters, mid-block crossings and bicycle lanes, as well as an assessment of existing water and sewer infrastructure along the street. Improvements will be made along Wing Point Way from Ferncliff Avenue to Park Avenue.
The city’s proposed design contract with HDR, an engineering consultant firm with headquarters in Omaha, Neb., totals $347,584.
HDR, along with subconsultants Beck & Baird, will provide general project management and conceptual design development. The firms will also handle public information and outreach, environmental permitting, landscape architecture, engineering plans, negotiation and preparation of rights of way and easements, and construction phase support.
The consultants will also hold stakeholder workshops with adjacent property owners, management of the Wing Point Golf Course management, Kitsap Transit and others. A community workshop to review the design options is also planned.
The consultants’ work on Wing Point Way is expected to begin in August, and will be completed by June 2015, according to a services agreement submitted by HDR Inc.
Bainbridge Island was notified last month by the Puget Sound Regional Council that the Wing Point Way project was one of 21 “ready to go” projects that would receive a portion of $24 million in federal funding from the Federal Highway Administration.
The Bainbridge council will review the proposed contract at this week’s meeting.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 at city hall.
