Pennington Council members have given their approval to authorize an engineering services contract with Colliers Engineering for the redesign of Abey Drive in the amount of $111,500.
The $111,500 in the resolution is not just for the redesign of the Abey Drive project.
The money is for everything needed to get the project through construction, Fetzer said during the Borough Council’s late September work session.
“That is the inspection time for everyone to be out there, material testing we need to do for NJDOT, pay applications, final change orders, close out, that is everything there,” he said. “The true redesign was about $20,000, the bidding and getting all the stuff through DOT was about $12,000 or $15,000. The title on the resolution is not for the redesign itself.”
According to the resolution approved by Pennington Council on Oct. 5, the engineering services contract with Colliers has breakdown of work which consists of $20,000 for the modification for the scope of the project to maintain the New Jersey Department of Transportation grant, and $12,500 to coordinate with NJDOT and former borough engineer to address comments and authorize for bids.
Additionally, the breakdown includes $79,000 for construction phase services such as inspection of construction progress, payment
applications, DOT submissions, asphalt testing and project closeout for full grant release.
Some of the money will be recouped through the New Jersey Department of Transportation grant process, according to Mayor James Davy.
The improvements to Abey Drive, which is between Mallard Drive and East Delaware Avenue, will include adjusting roadway grades and cross slopes, replacing deteriorating curbing, driveway aprons, curb ramps and sidewalks as needed, and installing new stormwater sewer structures, according to the advertisement.
The borough did receive a $479,000 grant from the New Jersey Transportation Fund, which is a fund that provides state assistance to local municipalities for road and transportation projects.
