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ROW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NOTES
<br />1. The City shall be notified a minimum of forty eight (48) hours in advance of initial project cooarmetion.
<br />2. The contractor 5ha11 adhere to the current City standard specifications, approved special provision., City standard plena, right-of-way construction
<br />procedures manual.
<br />3. The locations of all aerial and underground utility facilities may not be indicated on the project plans. The contractor is required to contact the One
<br />Ca11811 notification center (dial 811) forty-eight (48) hours prior to working m the city right of way. No excavation will be permitted in the area of
<br />the underground utilities until all facilities have bona located and identified to the satisfaction of all parties. The contractor shall be responsible for
<br />protection of all underground and aerial utilities and infraevucture.
<br />4. Whenever underground facilities are in close proximity to the proposed pathway location or whenever the vertical location of the underground
<br />facility is unknown, the permittee shag use special measures to determine the locations of such underground facilities.
<br />a lithe permiatee is conducting the excavation by digging from the surface, when in a close proximity to the underground facilities, the permittee
<br />shall use hard digging, hydro excavating, air excavating, or my other techniques that are approved by the City to locate such facility.
<br />b. If the permittee o conducting the excavation by tunneling or boring, the permitsee shall determine the vertical location of the underground
<br />facility by potholing or any other method approved by the City.
<br />5. Project plans shall dimension new facilities being installed. Measurements shall be taken from existing adjacent visible structures (curbs, poles,
<br />cabinets, manholes, inlets, fire hydrants, etc.) clearly identifying location of such facility. The contractor shall verify dimensions taken from city flies.
<br />6. Unless specified on the plan sets, the depth of installed facilities in city row shall be at a minimum as follows.
<br />a Thirty-two (32) inches in soil, if rock present and is an issue twenty-four (24) inches can be used
<br />b. Forty-two (42) inches below a projected slope from the flow line of a ditch at a three (3) horizontal and one (1) vertical slope.
<br />c. Forty-eight (48) inches order a roadway measured from the surface of said roadway to the top of the installation.
<br />d Forty-eight (48) inches under a storm water or meek channel design bottom of pipe, and
<br />e. Maintain .minimum oftweoty-four (24) inches of vertical and horizontal !pacing from manilla utilities.
<br />f. Be located as for from the existing or proposed curb line as possible to avoid potential fume conflicts.
<br />7. All potholes in sidewalk panels will be filled unless directed by City inspector. If colored, teamed or patterned concrete is existing, replacement
<br />patches, and panels panels will be replaced to much as practicable. Owoor may be required to put money into escrow to cover all repairs prior to
<br />starting work.
<br />8. All non -street surface materials that are disturbed by excavation and backfil8og operations shall be replaced and restored
<br />9. City street surface materials disturbed shall be backfilled, tamped and repeved by city forces or approved paving contractor.
<br />10. All Conduit vaults and Pedestals shall be located in the public ROW and in public utility easements.
<br />11. All Aerial shown on attached planet will be permitted separately by Pole Owners. All pole permits submitted to pole owners will follow
<br />NESC codes.
<br />Sp9.ci9 tHWObsit shall be bored unless specified otherwise.
<br />2. Contractors shall notify land owner prior to work on ell private developments.
<br />3. A reminder to the reader. the drawings are scaled, thus dimension is availed° at all locations.
<br />4. The contractor shall bypass all MST pedestals with distribution conduit where installed parallel to MST conduit Similarly,
<br />bypass the T18'Flowerpol' with MST conduit where installed parallel to future drop conduit.
<br />12. If sidewalk. wheel chair ramps or any portion of the pedestrian facilities are removed or dosed, a pedestrian detour shall be established
<br />end maintained during the time of the closure and the entire pedestrian fedlity shall be restored within seventy-two (72) hours, unless the
<br />contractor provides a hard surface alternate route approved by the city.
<br />13. All pedestrian detours and any reconstruction of pedestrian facilities shall meet current Americans with Disability Ad (ADA) standards and
<br />specifications.
<br />14. All pedestrian detours shall be pan of an approved Traffic Control Plan (TCP).
<br />15. All holes made in city pavements for the purpose of performing vacuum excavations to locate underground utlibes shall be restored to
<br />their original condition with the reinstated core flush with and in the original orientation as the existing surface matching existing pavement
<br />surface appearance.
<br />16. When the contractor is not actively working, all equipment, fencing, debris, etc, shall not be placed within the triangular area required for
<br />sight distance of vehicles exiting or entering an adjacent property or intersection.
<br />17. All excavations shall be adequately fenced end covered when contractor is not present or project site left unattended.
<br />18. No lane closures allowed on arterial streets during AM and PM peak hours unless approved by City Traffic and Rigor of Way Construction
<br />sec6on(s) staff.
<br />19. All work zone traffic control, including pedestrian control measures, shall be in compliance with the MUTCD, ADA, and the City Standard
<br />Specifications.
<br />20. The City shall be notified a minimum of Seventy Two (72) hours prior to any lane or road closures.
<br />21. The contractor shall notify all affected owners of adjacent properties a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours prior to beginning of construction
<br />and provide updates to the affected owners when construction phases change that affect the areas of work associated with the permit.
<br />22. The contractor shall maintain a set of 'as built' plans on site with dimensioning. These plans shall be presented upon request to any city
<br />representative.
<br />23. A current city right of way construction permit, a city approved plan set, and traffic control plan shall be maintained on each work site by
<br />the contractor. The contractor shall present such permit and plan set upon request to any city representative.
<br />24. The contractor shall remove locate flags after work is complete.
<br />25. Any field adjustments to installation of facilities, which vary from the plans that have been submitted and approved dunng the permit
<br />application process. shall comply with the following:
<br />a. The contractor must stop work immediately and contract the facility owner.
<br />b. The facility owner's representative shall contact the dtys construction inspector and provide him with the details of the proposed
<br />changes.
<br />c. The City inspector will make a determination on how to proceed. This determination may range from approval over the phone or vise
<br />mail to delaying the project until plans can be updated and appropriate review can be conducted.
<br />26. Crossing City of Grand Island Traffic Signal InfrasWdure
<br />a. Conduit shall not be placed between Ciys Traffic Signal Cabinet and Connecting traffic signal Conduit and poles. If unable to route the
<br />conduit around the Citys Traffic Signal Cabinet and Connecting traffic signal Conduit and poles because of physical constraints, a
<br />meeting will be held onshe with the contractor, city, end ALLO to determine the best conduit alignment between these structures.
<br />b. Conduit shall be offset a minimum of Five (5) feet from the base of any traffic signal cabinet, traffic signal pole, or traffic signal pull box. If
<br />Conduit cannot be offset a minimum of Five (5) feet from the base of any traffic signal cabinet, traffic signal pole, or traffic signal pull box
<br />because of physical constraints, a meeting will be held unite to determine the best accommodation which may result in less than the
<br />desired 5' of offset.
<br />c. Conduit shall be placed six (6) feet deep where crossing existing signal conduit, Traffic Signal conduit shall be potholed and verified on -
<br />site before boring. 8 unable to maintain six (6) feet of depth where crossing existing signal conduit, a meeting will be held onsite
<br />between the city, contractor, and ALLO to determine the best conduit alignment that may be less than 6' deep.
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