By Faith Chatham - July 6, 2007
TxDOT announces the letting schedule for highway contracts on their website.
The final costs are posted on completed jobs.
Several projects ran overbudget. However, a number of projects (mainly landscaping, signage, and pavement markings projects) ran underbudget.
Here are some of the projects. (To see the full list, see the TxDOT website.
COMPLETED PROJECTS:
LET DATE: Jan 2007
HIGHWAY: SP 482 - LET STATUS: Actual
GUIDE SIGN REFURBISING
FROM SH 183 to LP 12 - 1.8 miles
ESTIMATE: $37,111
ACTUAL: $32,886
Underbudget: $4,225
LET DATE: Jan 2007
HIGHWAY: SP 348 - LET STATUS: Actual
GUIDE SIGN REFURBISHING
FROM SH 114 to IH 35E - 3.1 miles
ESTIMATE: $32,679
ACTUAL: $30,384
Underbudget: $2,334
LET DATE: Jan 2007
HIGHWAY: LP 12 - LET STATUS: Actual
GUIDE SIGN REFURBISHING
FROM DUNCANVILLE ROAD TO IH 35E - 11.5 miles
ESTIMATE: $345,646
ACTUAL: $345,247
Underbudget: $399
LET DATE: Sept 2007
HIGHWAY: VA - LET STATUS - Actual
PAVEMENT MARKINGS VARIOUS ROADWAYS - ON SYSTEM IN NE DALLAS COUNTY TO ROCKWALL CO -NEAO - 86.1 miles
ESTIMATE: $3,326,534
ACTUAL: $1,868,636
Underbudget: $1,45l7,898
LET DATE: Sept 2007
HIGHWAY: VA - LET STATUS - Actual
PAVEMENT MARKINGS VARIOUS ROADWAYS - ON SYSTEM IN KAUFMAN COUNTY - 218.1 miles
ESTIMATE: $1,175,586
ACTUAL: $ 941,022
Underbudget: $823,436
LET DATE: Sept 2007
HIGHWAY: VA - LET STATUS - Actual
PAVEMENT MARKINGS VARIOUS ROADWAYS - ON SYSTEM IN ELLIS COUNTY - 99.9 Miles
ESTIMATE: $1,511,160
ACTUAL: $ 862,483
Underbudget: $648,677
LET DATE: Sept 2007
HIGHWAY: VA - LET STATUS - Actual
PAVEMENT MARKINGS VARIOUS ROADWAYS - ON SYSTEM IN CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY - CDAO - 0.0 miles
ESTIMATE: $12,607
ACTUAL: $ 7,239
Underbudget: $5,368
LET DATE: Sept 2007
HIGHWAY: VA - LET STATUS - Actual
PAVEMENT MARKINGS VARIOUS ROADWAYS - ON SYSTEM IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS COUNTY - SEAO - 54.8 miles
ESTIMATE: $3,155,204
ACTUAL: $2,059,099
Underbudget: $1,096,105
LET DATE: Sept 2007
HIGHWAY: VA - LET STATUS - Actual
PAVEMENT MARKINGS VARIOUS ROADWAYS - ON SYSTEM IN SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY - SWAO - 6.8 miles
ESTIMATE: $296,837
ACTUAL: $255,888
Underbudget: $40,949
LET DATE: Sept 2007
HIGHWAY: VA - LET STATUS - Actual
PAVEMENT MARKINGS VARIOUS ROADWAYS - ON SYSTEM IN NORTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY - NWAO - 0.0 miles
ESTIMATE: $7,327
ACTUAL: $4,319
Underbudget: $3.008
HIGHWAY: CS WIDEN 2 LANE FACILITY TO 4 LANE FACILITY ON SAMUEL BOULEVARD FROM IH 30 TO BUCKNER BLVD (NEAR CITY OF MESQUITE) - 2.5 miles
ESTIMATE: $20,155,730
ACTUAL: $17,789,497
Underbudget: $2,366,233
LET DATE: OCT 2006
HIGHWAY: SP 366 - Let Status: Actual
CONSTRUCT NEW 6 LANE BRIDGE OVER TRINITY RIVER AT TRINITY RIVER, WEST RIVER LEVEE, TO EAST TRINITY RIVER LEVEE - .04 miles
ESTIMATE: $64,004,883
ACTUAL: $69,674,804
COST OVERRUN: $5,669,921
LET DATE: OCT 2006
HIGHWAY: CS
WIDENING EXISTING FACILITY FROM 2 LANES TO 4 LANES DIVIDED
ON MOUNTAIN CRK PKWY FROM GRADY TO NIBLO RD EXIT TO SP 408 - 3.9 miles
ESTIMATE: $36,154,810
ACTUAL: $28,644,528
Underbudget: $7,510,282
LET DATE: Dec. 2006 - LET STATUS - Actual
HIGHWAY: VA ALTERNATIVE FUELS< CHG CONVERSION DALLAS LOVE FIELD 50 SHARED RIDE SHUTTLES AND 50 SHUTTLE BUSES 0.0 miles
ESTIMATE: $875,000
ACTUAL: $875,000
ON BUDGET
LET DATE: June 2007 - LET STATUS - Actual
REHABILITATE TRINITY RIVER BRIDGE (PHASE III)
IN DALLAS ON CORINTH STREET FROM 8TH STREET TO INDUSTRIAL BLVD - 0.6 Miles
ETIMATE: $2,511,921
ACTUAL: $1,865,330
Underbudget: $646,591
LET DATE: Nov 2006 - LET STATUS - Actual
HIGHWAY: CS DART LRT OVERPASS FROM SANTE FE TRAIL OVERPASS - HILL ST TO COMMERCE ON ABANDONED SANTA FE RR 0.0 miles
ESTIMATE: $1,000,000
ACTUAL: $ 329,712
Underbudget: $670,288
Of particular note in the Fort Worth District:
LET DATE: Jan 2007 LET STATUS: Actual
HIGHWAY: IH 30
TERMINATION OF HOV/MANAGED LANE AND TRANSITION MAIN LANES FROM BALLPARK WAY TO DALLAS COUNTY LINE - 3.6 miles
ESTIMATE $4,369,393
ACTUAL: $3,152,951
and in the Dallas District:
LET DATE: Jan 2007 LET STATUS: Actual
HIGHWAY: IH 30
CONSTRUCT MANAGED LANES FROM TARRANT COUNTY LINE TO EAST OF SYLVANA AVENUE - 13.0 Miles
ESTIMATE $3,982,127
ACTUAL: $3,095,784
IH 30 HOV MANAGED LANES TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES:
UNDERBUDGET $2,102,785
UPCOMING:
LET DATE: July 2007 (FY 2007) contracts for the Dallas Region include:
HIGHWAY: SP 366 - Let Status: Approved
INSTALL SENSOR STATIONS WITH COMPRESSED CCT CAMERAS from IH 35E to US 75 (1.5 miles
Estimate: $964,178
LET DATE: July 2007
HIGHWAY - LP 12 - LET STATUS: Approved
REHABILITATION OF EXISTING ROADWAY
FROM PEMBERTON HILL ROAD TO US 175 - 2.0 miles
ESTIMATE: $2,893,706
LET DATE: Aug 2007
HIGHWAY: LP 12 - LET STATUS: Approved
INSTALL FREEWAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON NAFTA INCIDENT BYPASS
FROM SPUR 408 TO SH 183 - 7.9 miles
ESTIMATE: $5,032,000
LET DATE: Aug 2007
HIGHWAY: SP 408 - LET STATUS: Approved
INSTALL EQUIPMENT IN THE ITS COMMUNICATION BUILDING
From IH 20 to LOOP 12 - 4.3 miles
ESTIMATE: $120,972
LET DATE: AUG. 2007
HIGHWAY: SH 121 - LET STATUS - Approved
CONSTRUCTION OF GRADE SEPARATIONS AT FREEPORT AND SANDY LAKE
FROM TARRANT COUNTY LINE TO DENTON CREEK - 1.7 miles
ESTIMATE: $26,306,924
LET DATE: Aug 2007
HIGHWAY: VA - LET STATUS - Approved
CONSTRUCTION OF LANCASTER VISITOR'S CENTER IN THE DOWNTOWN CITY OF LANCASTER - 0.0 Miles
ESTIMATE: $1,695,000
