A $17.1 million contract was awarded by the Mesa City Council for a project that will transform the Elliot Road corridor from a two-lane to a six-lane road.
The contract was awarded to Phoenix-based HEI Civil during the council’s Monday meeting by a 5-0 vote. Mayor Mark Freeman and Councilmember Jenn Duff were absent.
The contract was part of the council’s consent agenda in which all items are voted on through one motion and vote. The council issued no comments on the award.
Called the Elliot Road: Eastern Maricopa Floodway to Ellsworth Road project, it “will improve the Elliot Road corridor from a two-lane rural roadway into a six-lane major arterial roadway with raised medians, curb/gutter, sidewalk, roadside retention basins, traffic signals, street lighting and median landscaping. A storm drainpipe will be installed from Hawes Road to an outfall into the East Maricopa Floodway,” according to a staff report.
This project is funded by the local street sales tax, with 94.3% being reimbursed by a federal grant under the Surface Transportation Block Grant program administered by the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Once construction starts, the project is set to take no longer than 22 months to complete and will cause traffic restrictions.
“There will be continuous communication between the city and the team with HEI Civil to limit the impact on the community,” the staff report continued. “Coordination and phasing of the work will take place to minimize impacts to the public.”
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