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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination

ODOT DISTRICT 3 AND CITY OF WADSWORTH

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MED-94 3.80 Utility Coordination

History of Project

2006

GPD hired by City to design widening of SR 94 and I-76 Bridge

Project partially funded by Walmart TIF

2007

ODOT District 3 performs safety study for interchange area

Recommendation is to install concrete median to eliminate left

turns


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History of Project

2008

Crash Study expands to include entire SR 94 corridor to north

City corporation limits

City receives $5 million for interchange improvement and $5

million for construction of concrete median

Project extends from Valley View Drive to Bluestone Court

2009

Study of Diverging Diamond Interchange completed

ODOT Central Office requested

DDI Alternative not picked because cross streets were too close

to interchange


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History of Project

2010

Preliminary Engineering, speed zone and interchange

modification studies completed

Project impacts, operations and costs determined

2011 & 2012

Funding shortfall from TRAC delays final decision on contract

Project length reduced to half of length to Smokerise

Reduced project scope addresses worst of traffic congestion and

crash areas

Bridge work moved from I-76 project to SR 94 project

Project cost reduced to a fundable level w/blend of Safety and

MPO funds


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History of Project

2013 & 2014

Final design

Acquisition begun

2015

Acquisition phase completed

ODOT bids project, low bidder 30% over Engineer’s Estimate

Project re-evaluated and no significant cuts possible to reduce

cost

Additional funding obtained by City and ODOT

Utility relocation begins


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History of Project

2016

Utility Relocation continues

Project rebid and sold

Construction begins


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Directive from

ODOT COJohn, What does this

mean?

When do we have to have

it done?

Reference to LPA’s doing

this work in july 2015

revision of Real Estate

policies and procedures

manual section 8211.01


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What is the

Utility Note?the Utility Note is part of

the Certification of Right of

Way Control Letter.

This information identifies

what utilities are located in

the area of the project and

provides any relocation

information received from

the utility companies.


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Example of Utility NoteStation & Offsets & Elevations, Description for all utilities

Note of action to be taken.

Schedule of relocation & completion date

Utility Company Contact Information

Utility Company Sign Off.

Summary, Statements, Disclaimer

Revised Guidance Document put out in July 0f 2015-8200 Procedure For Utility Coordination at the following link

https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Engineering/RealEstate/Pages/Manuals.aspx


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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination-Example


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Utilities to be Relocated:

Gas Line relocations

Overhead Electric and communications

Underground Electric and communications

Other utility communication lines

One Community

Time Warner

Frontier Communications

Waterlines and Sewers


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Utility note Procedure

Walk Project with all Stakeholders

Individual Utility Meetings

Location offsets and elevations

Potential issues from SUE plans

Plan Review process

Finalize Utility Note

Meet Deadline 10/23/2014

Monthly Stakeholder Meeting (CRUCIAL)


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Dominion East Ohio Gas relocation

Mains on MED 94 were Low Pressure, Medium

Pressure and Intermediate pressure.

All mainlines along MED 94 had conflicts throughout

Dominion decided to relocate all three lines

Design of the relocations was finally agreed upon

after the other utilities had began relocation


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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination-Dominion


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Dominion East Ohio Gas relocation process

Dominion staff designed their relocation plans.

Plan review was done by the City and with support from

John S. from ODOT.

Had to develop a plan that they could bid out but also could

write the utility note from

Final plan had two versions in one plan

critical depths called out for bidding,

plus station offset and elevation for ODOT.

Dominion put out to bid and contractor installed

Issues-no as built info, contractor occasionally did not

follow critical depths, or critical offsets

» Had to have contractor back to relocate at least 7 mainline

conflict locations-contractor worked multiple weeks


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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination-Dominion


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City Maintained Utilities needing relocation

Overhead

Electric Transmission lines

Electric Distribution lines

Fiber Optic communication lines

Underground

Electric distribution and lighting

Communications

Waterline-mains and services

Sanitary and Storm Sewer mains and laterals


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Electric relocation design

City Designed the Electric Transmission

Relocation along MED 94

80 foot poles, 69KV lines

City Designed the Electric Distribution Relocation

Standard aerial distribution poles along MED 94

Underground electric and communication relocation

along MED-94 with sta./offset/elevation

Underground electric and communication for the nine

access management alleys with sta./offset/elevation


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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination-Underground Elect.


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Other communication facilities redesigned on

the Electric Distribution Relocation

Aerial relocations of Time Warner, One Community

and Frontier were redesigned on new City poles

Shared trenches were provided for Underground

electric and communication for the nine access

management alleys by the City of Wadsworth

City performed stakeout and trenching,

Other utilities placed conduit in our open trenches.

Worked great if all other outside agencies put in their

conduit….but …..that didn’t always happen.


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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination-Shared Utility Trench


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One Community Relocation

Worked with designer to develop relocation plans

on the new electric facilities.

Worked out the crossing locations

Only had one street impacted and this relocation

had little to no issues.

ivide and explain eachODOT DISTRICT 3 AND CITY OF WADSWORTH

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Time Warner Relocation




Worked out the underground service reconnection

stations offsets and elevations

Redesigned their system to be in the underground

trenching provided by the City.

Had conduit in all trenches-positive

Forgot to actually run the wire into the provided conduits

on one of the alleys….negative


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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination-Time Warner


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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination-Time Warner


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Frontier Communications Relocation




Worked out the underground service reconnection

stations offsets and elevations

Redesigned their system to be in the underground

trenching provided by the City.

Everything good so far, but……..they decided not to

install their conduit in the shared City Trench once

construction started.


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Frontier Communication original sketch


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Frontier Communications Relocation cont.

They were invited to our monthly construction

meetings and each individual tailgate meeting

being held for the alleys but did not attend.

This began a long process of trying to get Frontier

to commit on when they would begin relocation.

Monthly communications throughout the 18

Months of utility relocation work was tried but no

progress was made.

There was essentially no progress with Frontier

until the Contract was awarded to Karvo.


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Frontier Communications Relocation cont.

Once awarded to Karvo-Frontier began revisiting

the utility relocation plan.

Had to completely redesign the plan from scratch

since they did not put conduit into the shared

trenches provided by the City for the Access

management Alleys.

Frontier hired a consultant to do the redesign and it

was approved May 13th 2016, after MED 94 Const.

began.


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Frontier Communications- Plan Redesign


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MED-94 3.80Utility Coordination Delays


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Lessons Learned

Utility Conflict Table very useful in beginning

Verify the utilities in the cross section and Plan view.

Subsurface Utility Engineering

Discovery of UG Fiber lines

Helped clarify existing utility conflicts

Monthly meetings on utility coordination

Locals need help from ODOT to get other utilities to relocate.


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