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Streetscape Design for Targeted Neighborhood Commercial Areas - Angier and Driver Streets Intersection

The City of Durham will be conducting a public meeting for property owners that will be affected by the upcoming Angier-Driver Commercial Area Streetscape construction project. Right-of-Way acquisition and construction easements needed for this project will be discussed in detail. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2011 beginning at 6 p.m. at The Cabin meeting facility at the Angier Avenue Baptist Church, 2101 Angier Ave., Durham, NC. For information, call Byron Brady, PE, at (919) 560-4327, ext. 30296.

This streetscape program is designed to promote economic revitalization and improve the quality of life for both residents and visitors; take into consideration the historic tradition of its business enterprises and community needs; and to enhance the visual appeal of the Angier/Driver commercial corridor located in Northeast Central Durham. Local residents, businesses, developers and other key stakeholders have participated in this process through open meetings. Community input has assisted in designing the Angier/Driver commercial corridor, which matches the community’s unique infrastructure, aesthetics, and functionality. The City of Durham’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development and Public Works Department partnered with E.G. & G., Inc., a landscape architecture, planning, and engineering firm, to implement this project. Economic revitalization and an improved quality of life for both residents and visitors are the basis for this project.

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Project Calendar

Advertisement date: August 1, 2011
Pre-Bid Conference: August 16, 2011
Prequalification deadline: August 26, 2011
Bid Opening: September 21, 2011 - Addendum #1 issued 9/2/11

Addendum 1

Project Manual

Construction Plans (63 MB) Bid Tablulation

Pre-Bid meeting Information - Pre-Bid Attendance Planholder List

Contacts

Project parameters in the street right of way

Decorative historic-style street lighting
Concrete sidewalks with provisions for decorative brick paving and "bulb-outs"
Concrete crosswalks with provisions for decorative paving patterns
Handicap accessibility ramps per Americans With Disabilities Act standards
Concrete curbs, gutters and drive aprons
Catch basins and drainage inlets per BMP standards
Consolidation of overhead utility wires on new high poles located on one side of the street with conduit for service connections
Street milling, resurfacing and striping
Landscaping and furnishing in "bulb-outs"

Note: During community meetings many suggestions were made by local residents, businesses, developers and other stakeholders to improve the walkability or visual appeal of the corridor. Many of these suggestions were incorporated into the design process. Due to budgetary constraints, not all of these suggestions could not be incorporated in the design process.