PASCO, Wash. – The Broadmoor Avenue/Sandifur Parkway project in Pasco is advancing.
At Monday night’s meeting at City Hall, the Pasco City Council awarded the fifth phase of construction to Culbert Construction of Pasco for $7,223,296.20. This was notably lower than the Engineer’s Estimate of $11,262,806.55 according to city’s agenda report.
The Sandifur Pkwy/Rd 108 Extension Project aims to enhance road infrastructure by extending Sandifur Parkway to Road 108 and building Road 108 from Burns Road to Harris Road.
The project will include signalized intersections at Road 103 and Road 105, along with multi-modal considerations throughout the new corridor.
Maria Serra, director of the city’s Public Works department, told the council that drivers should expect traffic revisions when this phase of the project gets underway during the upcoming road construction season.
“Our communication team is very clued in and we’ve learned a lot of good lessons from some of our previous projects,” Serra said.” So they’re working very closely with the public works department and the contractor to ensure that there’s plenty of notice and that we’re reaching people where they’re at as much as we can.”
District 1 Councilmember Blanche Barajas expressed enthusiasm for how the entire project is moving along after going on an impromptu tour last week.
“Seeing the work first hand and feeling the engines out there, moving the dirt around, that was very, very impressive. So I’m liking the progress.” Barajas said.
Project phases and their progress:
Phase 1A (complete) – Rough grading for the alignments of Road 108, Sandifur Parkway and a utility corridor, in anticipation of the construction of utilities and roadways, in subsequent phases.
Phase 1B (complete) – Installation of critical utility infrastructure that serves the entire Broadmoor Area.
Phase 3 (near completion) – Addresses current deficiencies and accommodates future traffic projections at the intersection of Broadmoor and Burns such as a signalized intersection, dedicated turn lanes, and multi-modal considerations.
Phase 4 (under construction) – Accommodates future traffic projections along the Broadmoor corridor between Nottingham Drive and Sandifur Boulevard with improvements to the intersections of Broadmoor/Sandifur Parkway and Broadmoor/Buckingham Drive as well as widening of the corridor.
Phase 5 (contract awarded to lowest bidder) – Extends Sandifur Pkwy to Rd 108 and constructs Rd 108 from Burns Rd, on the north end, to Harris Rd, on the south end. The project will provide signalized intersections at Rd 103 and Rd 105 and provide multi-modal considerations throughout the new corridor.
