By BEX Staff for AZBEX
The Campe Verde Town Council has approved a joint project agreement with the Arizona Department of Transportation for the Finnie Flat Road and Montezuma Castle Highway Corridor Improvement Planning and Designing Project.
The vote was 7-0.
The Town received a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant totaling $896.5K from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the project. According to the meeting agenda, the covered work “consists of design services for the beautification, widening, and resurfacing of Finnie Flat Road from Highway 260 to Main Street, Main Street from Finnie Flat Road to Turner Street, and Montezuma Castle Highway from Main Street to the Black Bridge. The Project includes realignment of the tri-intersection of Finnie Flat Road, Main Street, and Montezuma Castle Highway, approximately 2.0 miles. The Local Agency has received funding through AZ SMART Fund for the design of the Project. The Project cost, shown in Exhibit A, is estimated at $896,500, which includes AZ SMART Funds. The State will administer the design. The construction phase of the Project will be addressed in a separate agreement. for the design of Finnie Flat improvements from Highway 260 to the tri-intersection and from the Medical Center Hospital to the Black Bridge site near the public library.”
According to the presentation to Council during the Dec. 20 meeting, the agreement allows ADOT to administer the SMART grant portion of the process, manage contractor selection and solicitations and ensure compliance with the grant provisions.
ADOT will handle the process until a contractor is selected and then Town officials will work with the contractor to help with the design.
