HomeMy WebLinkAboutYarmouth-Barnstable - Cape Cod Rail Trail Extension Phase IIIMassDOT Highway Construction Contract:
127855
Yarmouth/ Barnstable –Cape Cod Rail Trail
Extension (Phase 3), Includes New Bridge over
Willow Street & Railroad
November 20, 2024
2 Title
Table of
Contents
3 Project Location
4 Overview
7 Procurement & Budget
8 Request of the Board
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Project Location
Cape Cod Rail Trail Extension –Phase 3 in Barnstable & Yarmouth
Overview
Beyond Mobility 4
Supporting
Clean
Transportation
Travel
Experience
•This project will construct a key piece of the western extension of the Cape Cod Rail
Trail network which will improve the facility as a transportation and recreational
corridor.
•Project meets Beyond Mobility priorities for Safety, Supporting Clean Transportation
and Destination Connectivity.
Overview
Scope of Services 5
•Widening an existing shared-use path and construction of a new 12-foot wide shared-use
path over a total length of 4.4 miles in the Towns of Yarmouth and Barnstable as an
extension to the Cape Cod Rail Trail (CCRT).Work includes construction of a new bridge
carrying the CCRT over Willow Street and active Mass Coastal Railroad tracks in Yarmouth.
•Safety related work includes at grade roadway crossings of Old Town House Road (Bayberry
Hills Golf Course driveway),West Yarmouth Road and Forest Road Extension (transfer station
driveway),all in Yarmouth.Speed tables will be installed for at-grade crossings of Bayberry
Hills Golf Course Driveway and Forest Road Extension, with RRFB/Rectangular Rapid Flashing
Beacons.
•Parking lots will be constructed or expanded at Mary Dunn Road in Barnstable and Higgins
Crowell Road and Bayberry Hills Golf Course driveway in Yarmouth.
•Additional work includes wall construction,drainage improvements,unclassified excavation,
pavement milling,full depth hot mix asphalt pavement,hot mix asphalt sidewalks,granite
curb,pavement markings,signs,landscaping and other incidental work.
Overview
Purpose & Need/Construction Management Approach
Purpose &Need
•Bike and pedestrian bridge across Willow Street and railroad tracks will provide a grade-
separated crossing above a high traffic volume roadway and railroad tracks
•Existing road crossings in Yarmouth need to be upgraded.Widening of the existing path in
Yarmouth is proposed for improved bicycle &pedestrian user experience and safety.
•Lack of public parking for path at current western terminus (Higgins Crowell Road)
Construction Management Approach
•A detour is proposed while the Willow Street bridge is being constructed and the roadway is
closed.
•The proposed schedule for operations shall be the standard 8-hour day,5-day week, unless
otherwise authorized by the Engineer and with certain exceptions for holidays.
•Construction will take approximately 6 years to complete.
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Procurement and Budget
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•Project Advertised August 24,2024
•Engineer’s Estimate was $16,386,065.50
•Bid Opening was October 1,2024
•Four (4)Bids were received:
Lawrence Lynch Corp
Robert B Our Co Inc
E T & L Corp
AA Will Corp
$16,391,305.50
$19,990,092.17
$22,112,026.00
$23,645,760.00
Line Item Budget
Bid Amount $16,391,305.50
Contingencies (10%)$1,639,130.55
Construction Engineering (5%)$ 819,565.28
Traffic Police $245,000.00
Trainees $4,000.00
Total $19,099,001.3
•Funding: (FA)Federal Aid –Congestion
Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ)Funding and
Transportation Alternative Program (TAP)
Funding
Request of the MassDOT Board
Staff request that the MassDOT Board of Directors authorize the Secretary of
the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, or her designee,to award
and execute MassDOT Construction Contract 127855 –Yarmouth Barnstable-
Cape Cod Rail Trail Extension,Includes New Bridge over Willow Street &
Railroad (Phase III),with Lawrence Lynch Corp in the amount of $
16,391,305.50.
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Thank You