Alum Creek Drive-Frebis Avenue to Refugee Road
The city of Columbus and the Ohio
Department of Transportation are collaborating to improve Alum
Creek Drive between Integrity Drive North and Performance Way/Refugee Road. The
planned improvements will reduce traffic congestion and improve safety for
pedestrians, bicyclists and mobility-impaired and vision-impaired users.
Current
plans include:
- Widening Alum Creek Drive from two lanes to
five, including a middle, left-turn lane for both
directions of traffic
- Resurfacing and replacing pavement markings
- Building Americans
with Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps at all intersections and adding mid-block
crosswalks where needed
- Adding pedestrian crossing, countdown timers
and push buttons at signalized intersection
- Constructing a shared-use path on the east
side and a five-foot-wide sidewalk on the west side of Alum Creek
Drive
- Modifying the bridge over SR-104 to include
pedestrian acces
- Upgrading public (stormwater
sewers) and private utilities
- Planting street trees in tree lawn
- Installing street lighting
- Updating signals and signage
Schedule:
- Design: Complete
-
Right-of-way
acquisition and utility work: Complete
-
Construction: Begins summer 2017, will be complete summer 2019
Estimated
Costs: Funding
is 80% federal dollars and 20% City.
- Design: $1.6 million
-
Right-of-way
acquisition and utility work: $1.65
million
-
Construction: $15.1 million
Contact
Information:
- City of Columbus Design Project Manager:
Jud Hines, P.E.,
tel. (614) 645-1512 - Consultant: Prime Engineering, Inc.
- Construction Contractor: Shelly and Sands