Sidewalk Bristol street
IRVINE AVENUE FROM MESA DRIVE TO BRISTOL STREET. and the side walk.
As Reported by Chris Kubasek
The project was awarded on October 2, 2007 to Griffith Company as the low bidder at $6,457,959.35. Two (2) major utility relocations are required for construction of the roadway improvements. Costa Mesa Sanitation District relocated its sewer lift station located on Irvine Avenue, which had to be completed before roadway improvements could begin on the south segment of Irvine Avenue.
This work was completed in May 2008. The other utility relocation is an electrical power transmission line located on the north side of Mesa Drive and an electrical distribution line on the south side of Mesa Drive. Both lines are west of Irvine Avenue. This relocation work will be performed in conjunction with the roadway improvements on Mesa Drive. Project completion is anticipated in to be in February 2009.
As Reported by Javier Soto
The project was awarded on October 2, 2007 to Griffith Company as the low bidder at $6,457,959.35. Two (2) major utility relocations are required for construction of the roadway improvements. Costa Mesa Sanitation District is relocating its sewer lift station located on Irvine Avenue. This relocation work needs to be completed before roadway improvements can begin on the south segment of Irvine Avenue. This work is anticipated to be completed by end of January 2008. This work will include night work to avoid traffic congestion. The other utility relocation is an electrical power transmission line located on the north side of Mesa Drive and an electrical distribution line on the south side of Mesa Drive. Both lines are west of Irvine Avenue. This relocation work will be performed in conjunction with the roadway improvements on Mesa
Drive. Roadway construction will start in January 2008 and project completion is anticipated in to be in February 2009.
Item 22 on the October 16 Board agenda awarded the contract for the Bristol St. sidewalk improvements for $417,784. This is about $72,000 lower than the original estimated cost when we had all these projects conceptually approved on March 27, and $54,000 less than the Engineer's Estimate. As you may recall, no RDA funds are being used on this project—the County Road Fund is being reimbursed by federal funds and OCDA funds, and JWA is paying to replace the chain link fence.
For the Bristol Street Sidewalk project, the project was advertised in June and the bids were opened on August 1st with the contractor Sully Miller as the low bidder at $417,784. The project is scheduled to be awarded on October 11th with start of construction in early December. The number of working days stipulated for this contract is 100 working days (5-months). As you know this project will include the under-grounding of the overhead SCE and Mpower utility lines.
For the Irvine Avenue Road Widening project, the project was advertised in June and the bids were opened on July 25th with the contractor Griffith Company as the low bidder at $6,457,959. The project is scheduled to be awarded on October 2nd with start of construction in November.
The number of working days stipulated for this contract is 300 working days (60 weeks). As you know this project will include the landscaping of the existing stockpile area north of the Irvine/Mesa intersection.
The Bristol St. sidewalk plans and specs were on the agenda for approval at the Board of Supervisors meeting on June 26. They were approved and the bid opening should begin 8/17.
on Feb 7th 2006 Javier showed us this photo of the current condition of the Bristol St. side walk. He is planning to set up a meeting with Edison to discuss the option of Undergrounding or moving the electrical poles. As part of the project they plan to upgrade the fencing and he is in discussion with JWA as far as what the fencing will be.
To get the history on the proposed project click on the links at the bottom of the page.