In November 2021, the City sought proposals from qualified engineering consultants to prepare complete construction documents for the next Street Rehabilitation Project to include additional locations for street striping and bollard placements within the Down Town Business District and Safety Street Striping and School Zone Improvements.
The awarded engineering consultants R.E.Y. based out of Folsom, CA prepared the necessary plans and specification to move forward with the breakdown of the much needed and anticipated street improvements described below.
Street Rehabilitation- Scheduled for Construction September 2023-February 2024
As described in the “City of Fort Bragg – 2017 Pavement Management Program Update” (PMP), the City has implemented a multi-year street rehabilitation and maintenance program. Using the Pavement Condition Indices developed in the PMP, the selected locations for pavement include a combination of arterial streets in good condition which are anticipated to have a lower cost to maintain in “good” condition as well as several streets that are already “failed” requiring full reconstruction. One street (West Fir St.) has design documents as it was an unfunded alternate from the 2019 Streets Project. In general, most of the project road segments selected for this project have received only nominal maintenance due to ongoing funding constraints and have been identified in the PMP as most in need. The one exception is Franklin Street, which is our busiest local street and is due for maintenance overlay to maintain its relatively good condition. The rehabilitation of the selected streets will restore a little over one mile of City streets. The City of Fort Bragg is in a period of stable population; significant growth is not expected at this time. The City’s streets have adequate capacity. The project will rehabilitate 5,730 linear feet of city street pavement. The proposed project includes significant removal and replacement of pavement on the selected streets, a plan to restore the curb and gutter in areas where it has failed or is nonexistent, and the installation of several new standardized ADA curb ramps. Approximately 250 homes and businesses will directly benefit from this project’s implementation.
The City has identified approximately one (1) mile of City streets that are scheduled for rehabilitation through the use of either overlay, dig-out repair, or full depth reconstruction. The design for this segment of the work include the repair strategies for all eight (8) locations shown (Figured above) including sidewalk as needed for ADA compliance. The locations are based on priorities identified in the “City of Fort Bragg – 2017 Pavement Management Program Update” and other staff identified problem areas. All locations are based on priority need, resources, and funding.
Street Striping and School Zone Improvements Scheduled for Construction September 2023-February 2024
On paved roads, road surface marking is essential in conveying direction and guidance to drivers and pedestrians. The uniformity of these markings and striping is absolutely imperative in avoiding confusion that can cause hazardous accidents. The standardization of these official road markings is a responsibility carried across all borders to help motorists and pedestrians understand the language of the road wherever they may be. In specified areas near schools and main thoroughfares where pavement condition has been maintained but markings have faded over time, it is important to maintain these markings. Today, road markings and striping continue to serve a very important role in daily traffic flows and road designations. Not only do they promote navigational ease and efficiency, they also enforce road safety and environmental awareness among many drivers and pedestrians.
City staff prepared a GIS shape file which includes all the marking types, locations, and recommended treatments for this component of the project. Additionally, several of the locations originally scheduled for street striping overlap with locations now scheduled for pavement treatment, so the striping plan for some of the locations referenced in component below are covered by this city staff work completed to date.
The city’s existing pavement markings need replacing in many locations (Figured above); these will be replaced by thermoplastic and raised pavement markers. Nine (9) streets have been identified for such work. The street striping component of this project will remove and place all markings, decals, raised markers, and word pavement markings on approximately 3.5 miles of streets. The selected streets include arterials, collectors, and safe routes to school.
