2024 5th Avenue Reconstruction Project
Rathje Construction – $2,098,113.99

Funding Source: Neighborhood Street Improvements (LOST)

Project Overview:  This project, which will span two fiscal years, will reconstruct 5th Avenue from 1st Street to 7th Street, including necessary upgrades to the water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer infrastructure. This project also includes water main and sewer improvements along 1st Street from 3rd Avenue to 6th Avenue.

Progress Update: Work on Stage 1 shall commence no earlier than May 28, 2024, and no later than June 10, 2024, and be completed within 85 working days. Work on Stage 2 shall commence no earlier than May 27, 2025, and no later than June 9, 2025, and be completed within 85 working days.

2024 10^th Avenue Resurfacing Project
LL Pelling – $1,682,156.80

Project Overview:  The two westbound lanes on 10th Avenue – also known as Business Highway 151 – will see improvements from 35th Street, near Hy-Vee to Highway 13, near Wal-Mart. This project consists of installing drain tile along the edge of the roadway, milling the existing asphalt surface, performing full-depth patchwork, and placing new asphalt.

Progress Update: Work shall commence no earlier than May 28, 2024 and no later than July 29, 2024, and be completed within 55 working days.   

During this project, westbound 10th Avenue will be reduced to one lane of traffic. Eastbound 10th Avenue will be open to normal traffic during this project. As work occurs through intersections, roadway detours will be posted at the impacted intersections. Only one intersection will be closed at one time. It is the intent of the City and the contractor to limit the downtime of each intersection.  

2024 Advanced Detection Hwy 151 & 62nd St Pole Replacement Project
Contractor: K & W Electric, Inc. – $21,750.00

Project Overview: An advanced detection pole and camera east of 62nd Street on Highway 151 was struck by a vehicle. The damaged infrastructure needs to be replaced. The cost of the replacement will be submitted to insurance for reimbursement.

Work shall commence no earlier than September 4, 2024, and no later than November 1, 2024, and be completed within 10 working days.

2024 Draper Park Project 

Project Overview: This project, located at 575 31st St, includes the construction of sidewalk, brick pavers, railroad ties, planting and miscellaneous related work. Work shall commence no earlier than May 28, 2024, and shall be completed by October 4, 2024.

2024 Highway 100 & E Post Road Traffic Signals &Turn Lanes Improvement Project
Contractor: Boomerang Corp. – $1,617,333.00

Project Overview: This project includes the addition of turn lanes, replacement of the existing traffic signals and addition of queue detection at the intersection. Work shall commence no later than June 17, 2024, and be completed within 80 working days.

2024 HMA Resurfacing Project

Project Overview: This annual program includes the asphalt overlay of public streets evaluated to be both in the most need, and to provide the greatest benefit to the most drivers. Staff reviewed street conditions to select locations to be included in the 2024 program.

 Progress Update: The contractor will be working on six mobilizations:

1.   31st Street from 10th Avenue to McGowan Blvd
2.   11th Street from 1st Avenue to 5th Avenue
3.   3rd Avenue from 11th Street to 12th Street
4.   21st Avenue from 24th Street to Golfview Court
5.   23rd Avenue from 24th Street to 26th Street
6.   26th Avenue from 24th Street to 27th Street

Work shall be completed no later than September 27, 2024.

2024 Pavement Patching Project

This project includes the rehabilitation of several roads throughout the city. The work includes full depth patch and surface grinding. Staff is currently reviewing street conditions to confirm locations to be included in the 2024 project. As always occurs, not all streets in need will be addressed in this year’s project but will be considered for future years. The project is expected to be let this spring with work beginning in the summer of 2024.

2024 Sidewalk Ramp Project
Boomerang Corp. – $157,290.00

Project Overview:  The City of Marion's plan is to achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. This includes sidewalks, crosswalks, bus stops, pedestrian signals, pedestrian ramps and other features related to the safe movement of pedestrians. The City of Marion updated its ADA Transition Plan in 2023. Per the Transition Plan, the City has committed to annual funding to provide for the reconstruction of non-compliant sidewalk ramps.

The City has approximately 3,748 sidewalk ramps, of which 37% are compliant with design standards and 63% of the sidewalk ramps are considered non-compliant.

CONTRACT:
Concept Study - Snyder & Associates, $248,950.00

PROJECT OVERVIEW:
The project, using LOST funding - $1,300,000.00, will include the first phase of the extension of Alburnett Road from 7th Avenue to Boyson Road.The funding includes several early phases of the project: concept study, design, and possible right-of-way acquisitions. Project funding is not intended to provide for the construction of the bridge over Indian Creek, but will provide for extensive preliminary work to be completed.

On Feb. 15, 2001 Council approved the alignment option extending Alburnett Road south from Edinburgh Drive, south across Indian Creek, through Willow Park and along 2^nd Street to 7^th Avenue. Council later reaffirmed the need for the realignment due to traffic volumes and congestion along Central Avenue and 10^th Street. On March 17, 2016 City Council directed staff to solicit engineering services to complete a concept study. Staff has since solicited Requests for Proposals, which were due on April 13, 2016. After staff's review of the proposals and recommendation to City Council, Snyder and Associates was awarded the contract June 23, 2016.

For more background information regarding the history of the Alburnett Road Extension Project, please read the memo staff presented to Council on June 22, 2017.
Alburnett Road Extension Project History - Council Memo

PROGRESS UPDATES:

Plans have been submitted for multi-department review. This project was deallocated a lot of its funds in the CIP on 12.6.18.  Work on the box culvert that is required for the bridge backwater and the Indian Creek Trail will be completed in the Spring of 2020. Staff will finalize the plans  when the funding becomes available. Plans will be completed and shelved until adequate funding is supplied.

Alburnett Road Extension Study

Project Overview: 

• Phase I - Demolition of Existing Rail Bridge over Marion Blvd  -  Phase I complete
• Phase II - Construction of Paved Trail from Grand Avenue Spur to Marion Blvd Bridge over Indian Creek.  Phase II complete
• Phase III - Reconfiguration and Preservation of Existing Rail Bridge over Indian Creek and Construction of Paved Trail Adjacent to Bridge. Phase III complete
• Phase IV - Construction of Pedestrian Trail Bridge over Marion Blvd and Paved Trail from Bridge to 7th Street.  Phase IV complete
• Phase V - Construction of Paved Trail from Grand Avenue Spur to City Limits near Mount Cavalry Cemetery ($1,886,000). Letting date to be determined.

The Indian Creek and Dry Run Creek Trunk Sanitary Sewer consists of approximately 16 miles of sanitary sewer ranging in size from 18-inches to 48-inches in diameter. The trunk sewer is multi-jurisdictional serving Linn County and the cities of Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha and Robins. The new sanitary sewer will provide additional capacity to accommodate present needs and future growth.  The sanitary sewer will be constructed in multiple phases over a period of 15 plus years.

In 2016, City Council approved the 28E Agreement with Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, Robins, and Linn County. City Council approved a contract with Veenstra & Kimm, Inc. for engineering design services.

The Segment 7 project will upsize the trunk sewer to 60” in diameter from approximately the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, to just west of Menards in Marion. 

The Segment 11 project starts at Willow Park and goes north westerly to approximately the first Dry Creek crossing 1,200LF west of Parkview Drive. Work on this project shall be completed by June 1, 2025.

Tower Terrace Road will provide another major east-west arterial route across the northern portion of the Cedar Rapids metro area, connecting Interstate 380 to Iowa 13.

Tower Terrace Road, from C Ave. to Alburnett Road, is a critical connector that runs east to west. Ultimately, the project will connect to elements that stretch from Interstate 380 at Hiawatha and Cedar Rapids to Highway 13 on the east side of Marion. Tower Terrace Road stands to become an important commercial corridor that will promote sustainable development and help the surrounding communities become stronger.

Planners for Linn County and four surrounding communities—including Cedar Rapids and Marion—laid the groundwork for the project decades ago. Tower Terrace Road is designed to serve as a crosstown route that provides access to an area with a projected population grown of 40,000 by the year 2040.

For an up-to-date schedule, current design and additional information regarding Tower Terrace Road between C Avenue and Alburnett Road, please visit the Tower Terrace Road webpage.

Tower Terrace Road Design Concept Report