Navajo County Public Works

Navajo County Public Works

Major Capital Improvement Projects

Porter Mountain Road - $2.7 Million• Realign, Replace and Reconstruct 1.7Miles of Existing Roadway

to Apache County Line – under way

Lone Pine Dam Road and Bridge - $5.0 Million• Realign Existing Roadway• Construct New Bridge South of Dam • Hope to be out to construction this fall or next spring

Obed Bridge - $2.6 Million• Replace Bridge Truss System and Deck with new Bridge

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Porter Mountain Road

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Porter Mountain Road

Navajo County Public Works

Porter Mountain Road

Project Details•Upgrade Roadway & Existing Drainage System

•Coordinate with Local USFS District

•Federal Land Exchange Issues

•Selected Design-Build Team

•Plans and GMP completed at $2.27 M.

•Construction well underway, to be done in October, 2008

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Lone Pine Dam Road and Bridge

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Lone Pine Dam Road and Bridge

Roadway Alignment Study

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Project Details

•1 Mile of Roadway Construction

•Realignment and Reconstruction

•440 ft Bridge Span

•100% Plans completed and submitted to ADOT in August, 2008

•Construction hopefully to bid in late 2008

Lone Pine Dam Road and Bridge

OBED BRIDGE

In final Design -Estimated cost $2.6 million

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Roadway Maintenance

Surry Seal • Completed 20 miles this summer

AC Overlay

Double Chip Seal • Completed 5 miles near Taylor

• Rejected Bids, will re-bid in Spring 2009

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Subdivisions

•Currently Processing 45 Subdivisions

•Lot Sizes from .5 to 10 acres

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Transportation Study

Sub-Regional Study Completed in late 2007•Pinetop-Lakeside•Show Low•Snowflake•Taylor•Vernon•Concho

•Now Expanding study to include remainder of County, Winslow and Holbrook with ADOT support.

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Transportation Study

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Transportation Study

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Transportation Study

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Transportation Study

Summary:

•Study Completed July 2007 – Provides Traffic Impact Projected to 2030

•Additional Study Areas to be Incorporated (Holbrook, Heber/Overgaard, Winslow)

•Began additional study January 23, 2008

•Coordination with Statewide Study

•Interim Projection to 2015

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Planning and Zoning

•Total New Roads added to Book of Maintained Roads: 15 Miles (2007)

•Propose Development Impact Fees; •Study on hold till new President elected•Implementation may be delayed due to economic concerns

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Flood Control

•Preliminary DFIRM received Sep 2007•Digital GIS Format•Mapping Process - 27 miles of levees

oRuby WashoWinslowoHolbrookoMet with public in NovemberoAsked for additional time for review

•County Flood Control Audit – Feb 2007•Rating Improvement from Level 9 to 8•10% Discount in Flood Insurance Rates

•Revised Subdivision and Drainage Policy•Requires 100-year, 2-hour Detention•Complies with Applicable State Standards 

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Current Vacancies

•Our positions are pretty well frozen for the time being, until the economy turns around.•Eliminated Deputy Planning Director position•Have position open for County Engineer (P.E.)

Current Projects

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On-Call Engineering Services, 2007 - Retained four firms – kept them for 08-09

On-Call Soils Testing Services, 2007 - retained one firm – may expand in 09

Obed Road Bridge final Design - under contract (Transystems)

Selected one firm to perform Mountain View ID and one small ID (North Whistle Stop Loop)

Selected one firm to do Hilltop Lane ID Two new IDs in formation stage