Bid_#2025-35_Special_Provisions_Pepper_Ridge_Sidewalk_-_Route_66_Path_Improvements.1.pdf

Special Provisions

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Local Public Agency City of Bloomington

County McLeanMcLean

Section Number

N/A The following Special Provision supplement the "Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction", adopted

January 1, 2022 , the latest edition of the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways", and the "Manual of Test Procedures of Materials" in effect on the date of invitation of bids, and the Supplemental Specification and Recurring Special Provisions indicated on the Check Sheet included here in which apply to and govern the construction of the above named section, and in case of conflict with any parts, or parts of said Specifications, the said Special Provisions shall take precedence and shall govern.

INTENT OF PROJECT

The intent of this project is to construct a new sidewalk and crosswalk along Danbury Drive, adjacent to Pepper Ridge Elementary School, and a new shared use path connecting Greenwood Avenue to S. Morris Drive adjacent to S. Veterans Parkway (Old Route 66) in Bloomington, IL. The project includes all removals, earthwork, erosion control, seeding, and traffic control devices.

DESCRIPTION OF IMPROVEMENTS

The proposed improvements are to include:

1) PCC sidewalk, HMA Shared Use Path, and aggregate base course.

2) Sidewalk, curb and gutter, fence, and tree removal.

3) Earthwork and erosion control.

4) Striping and signage.

COMPLETION DATE

All work shall be completed by August 1, 2025.

DATE RESTRICTIONS

All work adjacent to Pepper Ridge Elementary School (Danbury Drive) will be restricted to the period from June 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025 to coordinate work while school is not in session.

J.U.L.I.E The Contractor shall notify J.U.L.I.E (1-800-892-0123) prior to construction so that each utility company can stake out any underground improvements that they have which may interfere with the proposed construction.

CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION

Any work performed without the presence of a City designated representative to inspect said construction will not be accepted for payment as directed by the Engineer. The Contractor shall notify the Engineer a minimum of 24 hours in advance of construction starting or continuation of construction following a pause in work.

EXISTING UTILITIES AND DRAINAGE STRUCTURES

The City does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information shown on the plans and or specifications regarding location of existing utilities. The Contractor shall make their own investigation to verify or determine the existence, nature and location of all utilities located on site that may interfere with construction before starting construction. The Contractor shall report any errors or omissions to the Engineer.

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Section Number

N/A County McLeanMcLean

Local Public Agency City of Bloomington

X7010216 TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PROTECTION, (SPECIAL)

Description This work shall consist of providing the necessary traffic control personnel and devices and the installation, maintenance, relocation and removal of these devices during construction of the improvement at all project locations. The City of Bloomington will be responsible for notifying the public, the United States Postal Service, and the emergency service agencies for road closures and changes in the traffic control and maintenance of traffic plans.

Traffic Control Plan Traffic control shall be in accordance with the plans, the applicable sections of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction and Supplemental Specifications, the applicable guidelines contained in the "Illinois Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways", these Special Provisions, and the special details and Highway Standards contained herein and in the plans.

Special attention is called to Articles 107.09, 107.14, 107.15, 107.16, 107.25, and Sections 701 and 703 of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, the following Highway Standards, listed Supplemental Specifications and Recurring Special Provisions and Special Plan Details and Notations.

Highway Standards 7001001, 701006, 701301, 701501, 701801, 701901

Special Provisions LRS 3 Work Zone Traffic Control LRS 4 Flaggers in Work Zones

Maintenance of Traffic The intent is for all streets to be open to traffic at all times. Some sidewalks will require temporary closure.

Lane and road closures and the conveyance of thru and local traffic within and around the construction zones shall be provided for in accordance with the use of the above referenced Highway Standards as directed by the Engineer. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Contractor shall provide at least one entrance/exit point to the adjacent properties at all times. The Contractor shall submit his/her proposed sequence of operations and any necessary revisions to attendant traffic control to the Engineer for approval before actual construction operations begin. Any lane or road closures of city streets will require a press release be issued by the City of Bloomington. The Contractor shall notify the City of Bloomington at least 72 hours prior to closures to allow time to issue a press release.

All traffic control devices and barricades throughout the project shall remain in place until the entire project location is substantially complete, or as otherwise directed by the Engineer.

Driveways Except where the plans expressly authorize temporary complete closures, the Contractor shall keep driveways open to local traffic by keeping at least half of the width of said driveway open or by providing access at a temporary location, as approved by the Engineer. The Contractor shall provide and maintain access to commercial and private properties abutting the roadway being improved in accordance with Article

107.09 of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction. Access to commercial property shall, at no time, be shut off completely except as expressly authorized in the plans or as directed by the Engineer.

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At locations designated by the Engineer it may be necessary to construct curbs, combination curb and gutters or sidewalks using high-early strength concrete so that the facilities can be put back into service as soon as possible. The high-early strength concrete shall meet the requirements of Article 1020.04 of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction for Class PP-2 concrete. The cost of this work including the high-early strength concrete will not be paid for separately but shall be included in the contract unit price of the pay items involved and no additional compensation will be allowed.

Traffic Control Surveillance Traffic control surveillance will be required, but will not be paid for separately on this project. The special provision check sheet LRS 3 “Work Zone Traffic Control Surveillance” will apply for the inspection of traffic control devices on this project.

Flaggers Flaggers shall be stationed as shown on the Highway Standards and as directed by the Engineer. Flaggers shall also be stationed for side street closures as directed by the Engineer to direct traffic around the work zone. Flaggers will not be required for truck or equipment traffic entering or exiting the work zones with the following exceptions:

1. Flaggers will be required as shown on all plan details or highway standards.

2. Truck traffic and all other construction vehicles or equipment shall give right of way to all other vehicular or pedestrian traffic and obey all traffic laws.

3. The Engineer may request that flaggers be provided if he/she determines unsafe conditions exist requiring the use of flaggers.

No additional compensation will be allowed for these requirements or for additional flaggers and the cost shall be included in the bid unit price for TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PROTECTION, (SPECIAL).

Pedestrian Sidewalk Control The Contractor shall install, maintain, and remove necessary signs and barricades needed to direct pedestrians to usable sidewalks and walkways during the construction, and as directed by the Engineer.

The cost of installing, maintaining, and removing the signs and barricades shall be considered as included in the cost of TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PROTECTION, (SPECIAL).

At each point of closure, a sufficient number of barricades shall be used to completely close the sidewalk to pedestrian movement. Where construction activities involve sidewalks on both sides of the street, the work shall be staged so that both are not out of service at the same time.

Measurement and Payment All work prescribed and referenced herein shall be measured for payment at the contract lump sum price for TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PROTECTION, (SPECIAL). This price shall be considered payment in full for all labor, materials, transportation, handling and incidental work necessary to furnish, install, relocate, maintain and remove all traffic control devices as required by the traffic control plan and as directed and approved by the Engineer. No separate payment will be made for complying with the provisions of Standards 701501 and 701801 (attached in the plans). Article 701.20 of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction is revised in that no additional payment will be made for furnishing, installing, maintaining, and removing additional traffic control devices, signs, or flaggers from those shown on the Highway Standards, plans or as directed by the Engineer.

CURB AND GUTTER TRANSITIONS AND THICKNESS

Whenever it is necessary to make a smooth connection between the proposed curb or curb and gutter and

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Local Public Agency City of Bloomington the existing curb and gutter the Contractor shall vary the horizontal and/or vertical dimensions of the proposed curb or curb and gutter as directed by the Engineer. This work will not be paid for separately but will be considered as included in the contract unit prices for the various curb and curb and gutter pay items and no additional compensation will be allowed.

CUTTING EXISTING PAVEMENT, DRIVEWAY, SIDEWALK, CURB OR CURB AND GUTTER

At locations where it is necessary to cut asphalt surfaces, concrete pavement, concrete or asphalt driveway pavement, concrete sidewalk, concrete curb or concrete curb and gutter, where it will abut the proposed new construction, a uniformly straight full depth cut shall be made by the use of a diamond concrete saw.

The use of pneumatic tools to make these cuts will not be allowed. The Contractor shall use care not to damage adjacent pavement areas during removals. This work shall be considered as included in the contract unit prices for the various pay items of the proposed construction involved and no additional compensation will be allowed.

HAND GRADING

Grading shall be done by hand around light poles, utility poles, sign posts, shrubs, trees or other natural or man made objects where shallow fills or cuts are adjacent to the items. It is the intent that the limits of construction be such as to preserve in the original state as much area of temporary easements as possible.

The decision as to items to remain in place shall be as directed by the Engineer. This work will not be paid for separately and should be included in the cost of the various pay items and no additional compensation will be allowed.

PRESERVING PROPERTY MARKERS

The Contractor shall locate the existing property corner markers along this section. Any such monuments unnecessarily destroyed by the Contractor's operations shall be replaced by a registered Illinois Land Surveyor at the Contractor's expense.

Any expense, inconveniences or delays caused the Contractor in complying with this Special Provision will be considered as included in the unit bid prices of the contract and no additional compensation will be allowed.

REMOVAL OF UNCLASSIFIED MATERIAL

Debris or unclassified materials shall be removed at the locations shown on the Plans or as designated by the Engineer. The material removed as required in this Special Provision shall be disposed of outside the limits of the right-of-way in accordance with Article 202.03 of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction and as directed by the Engineer. This work will not be paid for separately and is considered to be included in the cost of the various removal items.

STOCKPILE AREAS

Short-term stockpile of earth, backfill and crushed stone material will be allowed only where directed by the Engineer. Temporary stockpiles of materials shall not interfere with local and through traffic as described in

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Local Public Agency City of Bloomington the traffic control special provisions.

Stockpiles of materials shall not be allowed on private property (unless permission is granted by owner in writing), outside street rights-of-way; and shall not be allowed to block private driveways or sidewalks. Any grass area that is damaged by stockpiled material shall be repaired by sodding as determined by the Engineer. These areas shall not be measured for payment and the Contractor shall repair them at his/her own expense.

SIDEWALK CURB

This work shall consist of the construction of sidewalk side curbs in locations shown on the plans. Side curbs shall be constructed monolithically with the sidewalk and shall be in accordance with the applicable portions of Section 424 of the Standard Specifications.

This work will not be measured for payment separately but shall be included in the contract unit price per SQUARE FOOT for PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE SIDEWALK 4 INCH AND PORTLAND CEMENT

CONCRETE SIDEWALK 6 INCH.

89502350 REMOVE AND REINSTALL ELECTRIC CABLE FROM CONDUIT

This work shall consist of removal and reinstallation of any all electric cables, fiber optics, and detector loops from the existing handhole to be relocated at the intersection of South Morris Avenue and South Veterans Parkway. This work shall consist of pulling each cable or wire back to the nearest box or handhole as required to facilitate the relocation of the existing handhole. Removal and reinstallation will not be paid for separately, but will be measured for payment one time only.

This work shall be measured for payment per FOOT of REMOVE AND REINSTALL ELECTRIC CABLE FROM CONDUIT, which price shall include all labor, materials, and equipment to perform the work herein described.

X8950215 RELOCATE EXISTING HANDHOLE

This work shall include removing the existing handhole located within the proposed trail location at the intersection of South Morris Avenue and South Veterans Parkway.

This work shall be measured for payment per EACH for RELOCATE EXISTING HANDHOLE, which price shall include all labor, materials, and equipment to perform the work herein described.

Z0013798 CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT

This work shall consist of furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary for layout of the project.

All layout shall involve coordination between the Engineer and the Contractor in the field. If the Contractor chooses to make substantial changes to the lines and grades shown on the drawings, the Contractor must get prior written approval from the Engineer. Substantial changes to the lines and grades shown shall mean a change in concept as shown on the plans. Minor revisions to fit field conditions do not require prior written approval.

This work will be paid for at the contract LUMP SUM price for CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT, which price shall include all labor, materials, and equipment to perform the layout work as herein described.

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Local Public Agency City of Bloomington

Z0022800 FENCE REMOVAL

This work shall consist of the removal and disposal of existing fences. This work shall be in accordance with the applicable portions of Section 201 of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction.

This work will be paid for at the contract unit price per FOOT for FENCE REMOVAL.

COMMITMENTS

There are no commitments for this project.

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Instructions for BLR 11310

This form shall be used as the starting paragraph for the special provision packet included in Federal Aid, Township Bridge (TBP) and Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) roadway improvement and maintenance projects. For more information see Chapter 11 of the Bureau of Local Roads and Street Manual (BLRS Manual).