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Home My WebLink About851293.tiff STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS o.�, �� 4201 East Arkansas Ave. �d° 4,:3 Denver, Colorado 80222 - (303) 757-9011 (' - '•:tktaziefr1' it DEC j 01985 FOR MORE INFORMATION: 757-9228 or 757-9361 #85-50 Highway News December 5, 1985 BRO 0006(15) U.S. 6 WEST OF FRUITA The Department's Division of Highways accepted four bids at the Dec. 5 opening for a U.S. 6 bridge replacement. The project begins 2.8 miles west of Fruita in Mesa county; it includes a concrete box culvert, grading, stabilization, hot bituminous pavement, seeding and mulching. J & J Paving, Inc. of Pueblo turned in an apparently successful bid of $143,132 for the project which requires completion within 36 working days after its Notice to Proceed. W. R. Nelson of Grand Junction is resident engineer. O 00 FC 083-1(41) PARKER ROAD IN AURORA Colorado Signal Company of Commerce City submitted an apparently successful bid of $70,059 at the Dec. 5 Division of Highways bid opening for a signalization project located on S.H. 83 (Parker Road) at Lehigh Ave. in Aurora. Three firms bid on the project. Bernie Paiz, resident engineer will doordinate this project which calls for completion within 20 working days from its Notice to Proceed. O 00 MP 07-0042-02 S.H. 42 NORTH OF LOUISVILLE Resurfacing S.H. 42 north of Louisville drew six bidders Dec. 5 when Division of Highways engineers opened sealed envelopes on a project beginning at the junction with S.H. 7 and extending south about two miles to south Boulder Road. It consists of hot bituminous pavement overlay. Frontier Materials, Inc. of Erie submitted an apparently successful bid of $164,047 for the project, which is scheduled for completion within ten workable days . Hal Toland, Boulder resident engineer, will coordinate the project. O 00 MUM 851293 (over) B d nvr (2111185 - Highway News Department of Highways Page 2 December 5, 1985 IR 76-2(23) I-76 IN LOGAN COUNTY Engineered Structures of Wyoming in Cheyenne Wyoming submitted an apparently successful bid of $509,134 at the December 5 opening to rehabilitate a bridge located on I-76 at the structure over the Burlington Northern Railroad, about 1.4 miles northeast of Sterling. Eight firms submitted sealed bids for the project which consists of grading, structures , hot bituminous pavement, bridge widening, topsoil , seeding and mulching, which is scheduled for completion within 70 working days from its Notice to Proceed. Larry Muller resident engineer at Sterling will coordinate the project. O 00 SR 0059(15) S.H. 59 SOUTH OF HAXTUN The Department's Division of Highways accepted five bids at the Dec. 5 opening for a project to widen S.H. 59 of Haxtun in Phillips County. A project calling for completion within 40 working days begins about one and one half mile south of Haxtun and extending 1.7 miles north to the intersection with U.S. 6 in Haxtun. It consists of grading, hot bituminous pavement, stabilization, structures, seeding and mulching. Don Kehn Construction , Inc. of Fort Collins turned in an apparently successful bid of $374,199 for the project, •.vhich will be coordinated by resident engineer Larry Muller of Sterling. O 00 BIDS TO BE OPENED Jan. 9: 9:30 a.m. Reconstruction and minor widening on S.H. 71 south of Limon, consisting of grading, stabilization , structures, hot bituminous pavement, striping, seeding and mulching, beginning three miles south of Limon and extending five and one half miles south, in Lincoln county, FR 071-1(7) . 9:45 a.m. Glenwood Canyon construction area traffic control support, consisting of flagging, traffic control supervisor and construction signing, located on I-70, beginning two miles east of Glenwood Springs and extending 7.3 miles easterly, in Garfield county, I 70-2(153) . O 00 (more) - Highway News Department of Highways Page 3 December 5, 1985 CONTRACTS AWARDED Road/ Bid Contract Project Street Description Awarded to Opening Awarded BRO 0063(1) Hinsdale County Replacing bridge G.A. Western Const. 11/14/85 12/4/85 Road 3 over Williams Co. Creek $96,209 BRO 0000(3) S.H. 202 Bridge replacement T.L. ?rintz Const. 11/21/85 12/2/85 Near Rocky Ford on S.H. 202 Co. $247,247 I 76-1(91) & I-76 west of I-76 bridges Robert Dougan Const. 11/21/85 12/4/85 I 76-1(101) Lowell Blvd. and approaches . & Cat Const. , Inc. $2,729,910 MP-CC 10-0225 I-225 north Improve drainage Wycon Construction 11/14/85 12/4/85 -04 of Jewell Ave. , Co. Aurora $97,431 MR 4087(1) 75th St. in Construct a Flatiron Paving Co. 11/21/85 12/4/85 Boulder concrete bikepath of Boulder & road const. $396,698 000 J rTh Colorado Highway Commission ,, 4201 EAST ARKANSAS AVENUE DENVER,COLORADO 80222(303)757-9207 ' Or- 4 I t GGcc December 9, 1985 GEORGE G.ALDERMAN Ch.Irmen,Colorado Springs RICHARD J.ALBRECHT Vice Chairman,Forl Collins Dear County Commissioners: THOMAS L.STRICKLAND Denver GRANT WILKINS The Colorado Highway Commission has spent much of the summer Littleton discussing finances with Colorado's Legislative Interim Committee CHARLES HANAVAN,JR. 9 Cheyenne Wells and developing details of its Draft Year 2001 Forecast. Needless to • KIRK P.BROWN say, funds for building and maintaining roads in the state are PuebC.W."BILL"BRENNAN scarse. Our needs continue to rise and revenues have not kept pace Rifle with those needs. JAMES GOLDEN Grand Junction RUSSELL E.YATES On December 19, 1985, at its regular meeting, the Colorado Highway Darango Commission will discuss and possibly debudget some $17 million of • HOMER L.BRUTON p secretary Federal funded construction projects. This action is necessary because of a reduction in the federal obligation authority to spend apportionments made to Colorado for the current fiscal operating year. A reduction of this authority, as we understand it, has been made to accomodate a lower national spending level and affect the national debt on the unified budget basis. The federal obligation authority reduction has not been caused by a lack of funds in the Highway Users Trust Fund. Highway Commissioners have urged, at every opportunity, that Colorado's Congressional delegation support a move at the national level that would remove the Highway Trust Fund from the unified • budget and remove limitations on obligation authority of federal apportionments and allocations. Such a change in Federal budgeting procedures would alleviate the current problems. This, subject will be a part of the discussion on December 19. We invite your attendance at the meeting. May we also suggest that you notify cities and COG's in your area of the meeting. ,.Nprs truly. HOMER L. BRUTON, Sec etary COLORADO HIGHWAY CO MISSION HLB/pah • lookmT5 121 111 MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS rvr oea 4201 East Arkansas Ave. A �' Denver, Colorado 80222 \m 1/4 coot" DATE: DECEMBER 6, 1985 TO: HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS FROM: ROBERT L. CLEVENGER SUBJECT: SHORTFALL IN OBLIGATION AUTHORITY Attached is a proposed resolution setting forth guidelines for addressing reduced funding availability due to obligation limitations. This resolution was drafted per your direction at the November Highway Commission meeting. A copy of the November memorandum providing background information is also included for your reference. r WHEREAS, Congress annually sets an obligation ceiling limiting the amount of Federal Aid Highway funds that may be obligated during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the limitation for Fiscal Year 1984-85 amounted to 92.9 percent of apportioned and allocated funds; and WHEREAS, current proposals by the House. and Senate further reduce the obligation ceiling to approximately 85.6 percent (House proposal) and 81.1 percent (Senate proposal) of apportioned and allocated funds for Fiscal Year 1985-86; and WHEREAS, the limitation of 92.9 percent was used in preparation of the Fiscal Year 1985-86 Construction Budget and in estimating future available federal funds for the Five Year Program of Projects; and WHEREAS, it has previously been the policy of the Highway Commission to defer expenditures in the Interstate and Interstate 4R funding categories to address the obligation limitation; and WHEREAS, continuation of the current policy to defer Interstate and Interstate 4R expenditures would place Colorado in a position of lapsing Interstate funds; and WHEREAS, the Highway Commission has determined that further reductions in obligating authority should be made in other federal aid categories; and WHEREAS, Interstate Transfer funds should be excluded to prevent jeopardizing Colorado's position to receive Interstate Transfer discretionary funds; and WHEREAS, Interstate completion funds should be excluded when additional deferral would subject these funds to lapse; and A WHEREAS, FY 1985-86 Construction Budget would be affected least by deferring projects with ad dates scheduled near the end of the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, deferral of these projects would be temporary until new federal obligating authority became available October 1, 1986; and WHEREAS, the Highway Commission recognizes that deferral of projects scheduled for ad at year end would not reflect a proportionate reduction in all funding categories, therefore, permanent adjustments, for the Fiscal Year 1985-86 shortfall, should be made in the FY 1986-87 distribution of funds. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that due to obligation limitations, future budget and 5 Year Program of Projects reductions be prorated one halfto the Interstate and Interstate 4R categories (reductions will be made from the Interstate 4R category when necessary to prevent lapse of Interstate funds) and one-half prorated to all other federal aid categories which require obligating authority, excluding Interstate Transfer, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that proportionate reductions, applicable to Fiscal Year 1985-86, be adjusted in the Fiscal Year 1986-87 Construction Budget along with adjustments applicable to Fiscal Year 1986-87. MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS /AAA O. OF 4201 East Arkansas Ave. Denver, Colorado 80222 n DATE: NOVEMBER 7, 1985 TO: HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS FROM: ROBERT L. CLEVENGER SUBJECT: SHORTFALL IN OBLIGATION AUTHORITY In October, FHWA sent notice of apportionments for FY 1986, with a tentative obligation limitation equivalent to 85.6% of our apportioned funds (based on a $13.25 billion national limit) . This is about 7.3% less than the 92.6% received last year and used in preparation of the FY 1986 Construction Budget. This places us in a position of being overbudgeted by approximately $17.4 million. Recently, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to reduce the National Obligation Limitation to $12.75 billion, which would be an additional $7.1 million reduction to Colorado. Also, the Senate agreed to a 1.6% across-the-board cut in spending for all transportation programs which has the effect of reducing the highway obligation ceiling from $12.75 billion to $12.546 billion. This would be an additional $2.9 million reduction to Colorado. In the past two years, the Highway Commission has elected to allocate one-half of the shortfall of obligation authority to the Interstate Construction category and one-half to the Interstate 4R category. If we continue this policy to address a shortfall of $17.4 million this year, the Department would be subject to lapsing approximately $1.8 million of Interstate Apportionment on 9/30/86. Attached are five alternative scenarios to address a $17.4 million shortfall in obligation authority. An additional shortfall could be handled similarly. Alternatives i through IV show the dollar impact of reducing selected federal-aid programs proportionately. District funding would be reduced based on the Resource Allocation Project Prioritization (RAPP) process. Districts would make actual project selection. Alternative V addresses the shortfall using scheduled ad dates to select projects. We are asking for your direction to address the $17.4 to $27.4 million shortfall. Budget action will be presented to you at a future (December, if adequate information is available) Highway Commission Meeting. Rein/jl ALTERNATIVE I Reduce all funding categories to address additional $17.4 Million Obligation Limitation. Interstate $ 5,128,782 Interstate 4R $ 5,086,666 Primary $ 2,929,090 s Secondary $ 940,959 Bridges On-System $ 1,087,218 Bridges Off-System $ 585,425 Urban Attributable $ 621,654 Urban Non-Attributable $ 236,937 HPR/PR $ 277,077 Elimination of Hazards $ 228,936 Rail Highway Protective Devices $ 107,613 Rail Highway Elimination of Hazards $ 107,613 Metropolitan Planning $ 62,030 TOTAL $17,400,000 y ALTERNATIVE II Reduce all funding categories except Interstate and Interstate 4R to address additional $17.4 Million Obligation Limitation. Primary $ 7,093,855 Secondary $ 2,278,873 Bridges On-System $ 2,633,092 Bridges Off-System $ 1,417,819 Urban System Attributable $ 1,505,561 Urban System Non-Attributable $ 573,829 HPR/PR $ 671,043 Elimination of Hazards $ 554,451 Rail Highway Protection Devices $ 260,625 Rail Highway Elimination of Hazards $ 260,625 Metropolitan Planning $ 150,228 TOTAL $17,400,000 ALTERNATIVE III Reduce Interstate and Interstate 4R Categories to Address Additional $17.4 Million Obligation Limitation (continue current policy) . Interstate $ 8,735,869 /1 Interstate 4R $ 8,664,131 TOTAL $17,400,000 /1 This alternative would subject the Department to possible lapse of $1.8 million of Interstate funds if Interstate projects were not advanced from the FY 1986-87 Budget to obligate these funds. ALTERNATIVE IV Reduce all funding categories except Interstate to address additional $17.4 million obligation limitation. Interstate 4R $ 7,212,767 Primary $ 4,153,192 Secondary $ 1,334,234 Bridges On-System $ 1,541,623 Bridges Off-System $ 830,105 Urban Attributable $ 881,476 Urban Non-Attributable $ 335,965 HPR/PR $ 392,882 Elimination of Hazards $ 324,620 Rail Highway Protective Devices $ 152,590 Rail Highway Elimination of Hazards $ 152,590 Metropolitan Planning $ 87,956 TOTAL $17,400,000 ALTERNATIVE V This alternative would address the additional $17.4 million obligation limitation by debudgeting projects based on scheduled ad dates. Those projects which are scheduled for ad after September 30, 1986 would be selected first. Additional projects would be selected working backward from the September 30 date. The projects deferred from the current fiscal year would be rebudgeted in FY 1986-87. An equivalent amount of projects planned in FY 1986-87 would be deferred to later years in the Five Year Program of Projects. This alternative would have the least impact on projects since most projects would be delayed a short time (if at all) from their scheduled ad date. The FY 1986-87 Construction Budget would rebudget these projects in August, 1986 with new federal funds available October 1, 1986. Based on current advertising schedules, funding categories would be reduced as follows: Interstate $ 6,034,754 Interstate 4R $ 7,650,422 Primary $ 2,403,724 Secondary $ 825,705 Bridges On-System $ 307,420 Urban $ 331,264 $17,553,289 Hello