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BLUE RIDGE RANGER DISTRICT PAVING PROJECTS

WOODY GAP AND BYRON HERBERT REECE PARKING AREAS

Project Description The project consists of milling the existing pavement and the repairing the sub-grade of two parking areas and then repaving them. The parking areas are Byron Herbert Reece and Woody Gap. Byron Herbert Reece will include reconstructing the access roads into and out of the parking area; paving the access roads and the parking area; and striping the parking area including 1 van accessible parking space. The Woody Gap parking area will include milling the existing paving, repairing any failed subgraded, paving and striping for one 1 van accessible space adjacent to the restroom.

The successful contractor will provide a superpave mix using hot asphalt. The Contractor will provide a striping plan for Bryon Herbert Reece allowing that provides 25 parking spaces one of which is van accessible to the Forest Service for its review and approval.

The aggregate gradations and asphalt mixes shall be those used by the State of Georgia Department of Transportation. The Contractor will be responsible to acquire all necessary permits and coordinate work with the State of Georgia’s Department of Transportation if needed.

Work activities shall be completed in accordance to Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects FP-03. Any modification of the Standard Specification shall be in compliance with the Forest Service Special Project Specifications.

Location The Woody Gap Parking Area is located on the Blue Ridge Ranger District, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Byron Herbert Reece Parking Area is located on the Blue Ridge Ranger District in Union County, Georgia. Map of the project locations includes directions to each project site.

CONTRACT TIME IS 90 DAYS

Environmental The Contractor is to dispose of all waste material off of National Forest System Lands in an appropriate manner, and location.

The Contractor SHALL NOT perform any equipment maintenance within 100 feet of live water.

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Periodic field inspections will be made by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or the COR’s designated inspector. Work not completed to the Contract Specifications shall be reworked without compensation to the contractor.

SPECIFICATIONS

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material equipment, services and facilities (except as otherwise specified), to perform the description of work/Statement of Work reference in Section J.

The project’s specifications are included by reference are Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects FP-03, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, publication no. FHWA FLH-03-002. They may be obtained on the internet at http://fhwapap04.fhwa.dot.gov/nhswp/servlet/LookUpCategory. The Regional Special Project Specifications are provided as an enclosure.

LOCATION MAP

Byron Herbert Reece Parking Area Woody Gap

Directions to Byron Herbert Reece: Take US 129 north out of Cleveland, GA to Neels Gap. The trail head will be ½ mile beyond the gap in Union County, Georgia on the left hand side of the road.

Directions to Woody Gap: Take US 60 north out of Dahlonega for approximately 14 miles to the gap. The parking area is on both sides of the road.

Byron Herbert Reece Parking Area

The successful contractor will be provided with a topographic survey file (a .pnt file) to use with the layout and construction of the parking area. The parking area is adjacent to the Blood Mountain Wilderness and it is important that the contractor will not work outside of the existing disturbed areas or locate their equipment outside of this area. The successful Contractor shall work with the Forest Service to determine the optimum number of parking spaces to be striped. At least one space will be provided for van accessibilty.

Work Activities Include the following:

· Use construction tolerance F

· Remove the existing the paving, it may be milled and used as sub-grade or base material. If the pavement is not milled and used in the sub-grade and base it must be removed off of National Forest System lands.

· Rebuild the subgrade to drain and support the required loadings.

· Provide a 4 inch aggregate base course (Group II Aggregate, Georgia DOT specs use asphalt millings if fine enough)

· Provide a 2 inch aggregate surfacing course (Gradation #5, Georgia DOT specifications)

· Provide a Superpave Hot asphalt pavement mix design capable of handling the loading, stresses and strains associated with a parking facility.

· Provide a top layer 9.5 mm GP2 only (165 lbs/sq yd)

· Provide a second layer a 25 mm GP1 or GP2 (440 lbs/sq yd)

· The Contractor will provide signs

· 1- Vehicles over 20 feet In Length Prohibited R5-10 (18” x 24”)

· 3 - No Parking Anytime R7-1 (18” x24”)

· The inside ditch will be removed, the road and parking lot will be outsloped with a max. of a 2% slope.

· Provide the Forest Service with an appropriate superpave hot asphalt mix design

· Stripe the parking area with the 25 parking areas which includes 1 van accessible parking space and allow for traffic flow. The striping does not need to be night reflective.

· The Contractor is responsible to develop an erosion and sediment control plan, and obtain all related permits.

· The Contractor will have to provide pollution and hazardous materials control plan.

· Contractor shall place type III barricades with road closed signs (W20-3) at the intersections of the access road with US 129 image1.emf image2.jpeg