Recovery - CA PFH 137-1(4), Wentworth Springs Road

PROJECT DETAILS: This project is located in El Dorado County, California. The route begins at M.P. 1.30, east of the intersection of SR 193 and Wentworth Springs Road (FH 137) in Georgetown, and proceeds easterly through the communities of Buckeye and Balderston Station to M.P. 6.65. There are approximately 80 residences along the route. There is considerable logging truck traffic and recreational vehicle traffic, in addition to the local traffic.



The main schedule for this project will consist of the rehabilitation, restoration, and resurfacing (3R) of approximately 5.4 miles of Forest Highway 137. Rehabilitation consists of Continuous Cold Recycled Asphalt Base overlain with Superpave Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement.



This will be a one-season project. The project is anticipated to begin this spring and extend to mid autumn of 2009. The estimated price range for this project is $4 to $8 million.



Principal work items on the schedule include: lump sum contractor testing; 3,410 ln ft of silt fence and 1,870 ln ft of sediment logs for soil erosion control; 1,500 Mgal watering for dust control; 1,470 ln ft of pavement sawcutting; 2,100 cu yd of subexcavation; 6,100 ln ft of ditch reconditioning; 3,310 tons of roadway aggregate; 20,800 tons of superpave pavement; 286 stations of continuous cold recycled asphalt base; 725 ln ft of pipe culvert (various size); 3,800 ln ft of standard underdrain system; 4,670 ln ft of asphalt curb; 3,930 sq yd of asphalt paved ditch; 640 ln ft of guardrail system; 1,920 hours of temporary traffic control (flagger and pilot car); and 32 utility location areas. In addition to the above, the project includes survey and staking, removal items, riprap and revet mattress; seeding and mulching, signing and pavement marking, special labor and equipment categories, and traffic control devices.



There is an area available for contractor staging on Forest Service property.



The tentative advertisement date is May 22, 2009.