05_CA_FLAP_03S11(1)_GeotechRpt_AppendixC.pdf

This document provides details for a federal contract opportunity to reconstruct and rehabilitate Reds Meadow Road in Inyo National Forest, California. The project consists of reconstructing the upper 2.5 miles of the single-lane road to a two-lane configuration through cut slopes, fill slopes, soil nail walls, reinforced soil slopes, and rock cuts. The lower 5.8 miles will be rehabilitated through pulverization and repaving with areas of superelevation correction, road entrance reconstruction, and embankment clearing. The work includes excavation, rock excavation, soil nail walls, reinforced soil slopes, pipe culverts, guardrail, drainage repairs, riprap, asphalt paving, full depth reclamation, erosion control, and revegetation. The solicitation was issued by the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration with bids due in October 2022, award in December 2022, and a construction period of Spring 2023 to Fall 2024. The estimated cost range for the project is $20-30 million.