Aurora is considering resurfacing a number of roads around the city with help from federal funds.
The three projects are expected to cost the city roughly $2.2 million, but that’s only a quarter of the cost of the projects, and the rest would be paid using federal dollars, according to staff reports about the projects. They are set to go before the Aurora City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Tuesday before heading to the City Council for final approval, with work slated for next year.
The largest of the three projects, expected to cost the city $915,000 but in total cost almost $3.7 million, looks to resurface Randall Road from Galena Boulevard to Sullivan Road, Kautz Road from Ridge Avenue to Ellington Drive, Ellington Drive from Kautz Road to Keating Drive, Keating Drive from Ellington Drive to the Aurora city limits and Eola Road from Keating Drive to Hafenrichter Road, a staff report about the project shows.
The first two phases of engineering for the project were done in-house, but the city is required to hire a third party to do the third phase, staff said in the report. Chastain & Associates, LLC, was selected to do the third-phase construction engineering at a cost of around $343,000, of which the city would be responsible for around $90,000.
Construction for this project is expected to cost $3.3 million, with the city paying around $825,000, according to the staff report.
Another of the proposed projects, set to cost the city $750,000 but in total cost around $3 million, would repave Diehl and Molitor roads from just east of Farnsworth Avenue to Eola Road, staff said in a report about this project.
The project would actually pave a small section of Aurora Township road and another small section of Naperville Township road, and the city has agreements with both to pay the city back for the cost of resurfacing those areas, which in total means around $15,000 coming back to the city, Engineering Coordinator Timothy Weidner said at the City Council Infrastructure and Technology Committee meeting on Sept. 8.
Like the other projects, the first two phases of engineering were done in-house. The third phase would be done by Michael Baker International, Inc., at a cost of around $275,000, with the city responsible for roughly $70,000, according to the staff report.
Project construction is expected to cost $2.7 million, of which the city would be paying around $680,000, the staff report said.
The last proposed resurfacing project planned to go before the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, set to repave all of Stonebridge Boulevard, would cost the city around $563,000 but have a total cost of almost $2.3 million, the staff report about this project shows.
According to Weidner, construction next year will be required to be completed during the summer because of nearby schools and is expected to be done before the school year starts.
Phase three engineering for this project is set to be done by HR Green, Inc., at a cost of roughly $251,000, staff said in the report. Of that amount, the city is expecting to pay around $63,000.
Construction is expected to cost in total $2 million, with the city paying around $500,000, staff said in the report.
Road closures are not expected for any of the projects, according to the three staff reports. However, roadway traffic will be limited to one lane with a flagger at various times, staff said in the reports.
The city received federal funding for several projects after it applied in the March 2024 Kane-Kendall Council of Mayors Call for Projects, the reports said. These projects were not accepted during the initial round of funding and were placed on a contingency list, staff said, but they were later selected for funding because extra federal dollars were available.
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