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WARD / COUNCILMEMBER: Ward 6 / Mayor Pro Tem Tim Gould and Ward 7 / Councilmember Lewis Wheaton
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Approval of RES2021-10 for the support for submission of the East-West Connector Corridor Improvements by the Cobb County Department of Transportation (Cobb DOT) to the Atlanta Regional Commission's (ARC) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related documents.
Ward 7: Councilmember Lewis Wheaton
Ward 6: Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould
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ISSUE AND BACKGROUND:
Safety and operational improvements have long been discussed and anticipated for the East-West Connector, which serves as a major arterial route to and through Cobb County and the City of Smyrna and the widening of the East-West Connector is a Cobb County DOT project identified in the ARC-RTP for 2020.
The City of Smyrna has previously committed 2022 SPLOST Transportation Improvements Program funding, in an amount not to exceed $920,000.00 for safety improvements along the East-West Connector roadway and the Atlanta Regional Commission conducts a biannual solicitation for project funding proposals in its Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which allocates federal funds for use in the construction of the highest-priority projects in the Regional Transportation Plan.
Applications for the 2021 solicitation are due by December 2, 2021 and will be competitively selected for award based on predetermined evaluation criteria and the Cobb County Department of Transportation (CCDOT) desires to submit a TIP project study funding proposal for the East-West Connector to develop a locally preferred alternative and preliminary concept.
The City of Smyrna City Council supports the Cobb County Department of Transportation’s submission of the East-West Connector Corridor Safety and Operational Improvements to the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
RECOMMENDATION / REQUESTED ACTION: Staff recommends the approval of RES2021-10 for the support for submission of the East-West Connector Corridor Improvements by the Cobb County Department of Transportation (Cobb DOT) to the Atlanta Regional Commission's (ARC) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related documents.