WSDOT - I-5 - Bakerview Road to Nooksack River Bridge - September 2005 Quarterly Project Report

I-5 - Bakerview Road to Nooksack River Bridge
*Quarterly Project Report Update for Quarter Ending September 2005*

Project Title & Location I-5, Bakerview Road to the Nooksack River Bridge, concrete pavement reconstruction, Bellingham to Ferndale	Project Description This project will repair and replace segments of southbound Interstate 5 from Ferndale to Bellingham, between Bakerview Road and the Nooksack River Bridge.
Contractor/Consultant The project has not been advertised or awarded.
Recent Progress In September 2004 WSDOT delayed advertisement of this project to January 2007, to coincide with future funding for the associated pavement preservation work. The project office will provide documentation to eliminate the slope flatting and ramp taper lengthening work based upon impacts to wetlands and accident history. The deletion of this work will remove the Nickel funding from this project.
Design Construction Impacts The project is on hold, because of the advertisement delay and is scheduled to restart November 2005.
Environmental Impacts / Compliance No wetland impacts are anticipated with the elimination of the slope flattening portion of this project.	Impacts to Traffic Impacts from the design and construction are not known yet.

Project Milestones	Scheduled	Attained	Milestone Outlook
Begin Prelim Engineering	Nov. 2005		Start development of project design.
Right of Way Certified	NA		No right of way
Environmental Complete	Dec 2006		No issues at this time.
Advertisement	Jan 2007		No issues at this time.
Open to Traffic	Fall 2007		No issues at this time.

Project Cost Summary:	Dollars in millions	Percent of Total	Planned vs. Actual Expenditures (Total Project Cost)
Preliminary Engineering	$0.4 m	11.4%
Right-of-Way
Construction	$3.1 m	88.6%
Funded Project Costs	$3.5 m	100%

Nickel funds included in above costs	$0.7 m	20.0%
2005 Transportation Partnership Account

For more information, go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects

David Crisman, WSDOT Project Engineer @ (360)428-1593 or E-mail: crismad@wsdot.wa.gov