Work is progressing on the Sunset Boulevard Bridge over Butler Creek. Above, the bridge deck has been removed and the forms are in place for the new deck.
Sunset Bridge
Bright Lighting Construction began work on the Sunset Boulevard bridge over Butler Creek on Jan. 12. To date, the deck has been removed and bearing pad base work is ongoing. The bridge replacement requires closure of Sunset Boulevard for the duration of the project, which is expected to be complete by July.
The $2.1 million project consists of the bridge deck construction and guardrail improvements, and is funded by $1.2 million in sales tax funds and $814,369 in 2020 G.O. Bond funds.
Plans for a parallel pedestrian bridge over Butler Creek as part of the Pathfinder Parkway were delayed due to escalating construction costs. However, the City recently secured a 2025 Recreational Trails Program grant in the amount of $300,000 for the pedestrian bridge and anticipate moving forward with the project this summer.
Concrete, asphalt street rehabilitation projects
Contract crews are nearly complete with a multiple-street concrete street rehabilitation project totaling $847,000, which was approved by voters in the 2020 General Obligation bond election.
R&L Construction LLC has completed work on Highland Drive (from Sunset Boulevard to Aledo Drive) and Wilshire and Waverly avenues (from Frank Phillips Boulevard to State Street), and is nearly complete on Oakdale Drive (from Brookside Parkway to Woodland Road).
Each project consisted of replacing concrete panels and minor curb and gutter work.
Asphalt mill and overlay work is also nearing completion on multiple city streets as part of a separate project. Brent Bell Construction crews are working next on a separate portion of Highland (from Sunset to Brentwood) and then will move on to Dewey Avenue (from Adams to 16th Street).
Crews have wrapped up work on Southport Drive, Clipper Court, Quail Ridge, Cambridge Court and Braddock Road, aside from finishing sidewalk details.
The $1.4 million project was approved by voters in the 2020 G.O. Bond Election.
Site subgrade work is complete and footings were poured last week for a $5.4-million hangar project at the Bartlesville Municipal Airport.
Airport hangar
Site subgrade work is complete and footings were poured last week for a $5.4-million hangar project at the Bartlesville Municipal Airport. Airport Director Mike Richardson noted that Phase 1A of the hangar ramp pavement in front of the hangar site is complete, which is about 10 percent of the total hangar ramp.
The airport received more than $2.38 million from the Oklahoma Aerospace and Aeronautics Commission to help fund the construction of the 20,000-square-foot hangar and the adjacent apron/taxilane pavement, with the remaining $3.02 million funded by the BDA.
A contract with Koehn Construction Services for the hangar construction was approved by the City Council in August. The project is expected to be complete by the fall of 2026.
Fire stations roof replacements
Fire Stations No. 3 and 4 received roof replacements earlier this year after the $92,400 project was approved by voters in the 2020 G.O. Bond election. Crews with Strong Roofing replaced the roofs on Stations No. 3 and 4 in late January to address leaky areas on both roofs.
A bid to replace the existing roof surface on the original portion of Central Fire Station (Station No. 1) was awarded on Feb. 2 to Commercial Roof Solutions in the amount of $156,433. The project was originally funded through the 2020 G.O. Bond election. The old communications tower located on top of the hose tower will be removed by separate contract on Feb. 27. After that is complete, work on the roof is anticipated to begin sometime in March.
City Hall remodel
A City Hall renovation project kicked off on Jan. 26 with various improvements slated for all five floors of the building, including security upgrades, restroom remodels, window replacement, carpet replacement and rehabilitation of columns on the rear exterior staircase.
Crews are currently working on the first- and third-floor restroom buildback. Demolition of the second-floor restrooms should begin on Feb. 24. Security upgrades should begin the third week in March with carpet replacement to follow. Window replacement in anticipated to begin near the end of March.
Funds for the window replacement and carpet replacement portions of the project were approved by voters in the 2020 G.O. Bond Election and ½ Cent Sales Tax Extension. Other upgrades were approved in the FY 23-24 capital budget.
Madison Boulevard rehabilitation
Contract crews have wrapped up work on the Madison Boulevard rehabilitation from Tuxedo Boulevard north to the water tower. The reconstruction project was approved by voters in the 2020 G.O. Bond election, and $1.08 million was awarded to KSL Dirtworks in March. This was a shared project between the Delaware Tribe and the City, with half of the funding from the Tribe and half from bond funds.
City street crews completed resurfacing of the northern portion of Madison from the water tower to Minnesota in late June.
Coming up soon …
- 8th Street Storm Drain work – Anticipate spring bid with summer construction. (Funding Source: 2018 GO Bond)
- Douglass Park shelter – Anticipate spring bid with summer construction. (Funding Source: 2020 GO Bond)
- Oak Park basketball court – Anticipate spring bid with summer construction. (Funding Source: ½-cent CIP Sales Tax)
- Sooner Park basketball courts and gaga pit – Anticipate spring bid with summer construction. (Funding Source: 2020 G.O. Bond)
- Jo Allyn Lowe rain garden/turf reestablishment – Anticipate spring bid with summer construction. (Funding Source: ½-cent CIP Sales Tax and 2023 G.O. Bond)
- Downtown Landscape Improvements, Phase 3 – Anticipate spring bid with summer construction. (Funding Source: ½-cent CIP Sales Tax and Capital Reserve)