Contracts awarded for Bellevue bike lane projects
The council awarded a contract to install the first bike
lanes that run the length of downtown. Apcon Tech Inc. won the contract for
$365,933, plus taxes. The demonstration bikeway project on 108th Avenue
Northeast, from Main Street to Northeast 12th Street, will include bike lanes
in each direction.
Construction is scheduled to begin in June and wrap up in
July, about two months later than originally anticipated. Staff will evaluate
the effectiveness of this project over a one-year period and report the results
back to the Transportation Commission and council. In a related action, the
council awarded a separate contract in the amount of $294,487, plus tax, to NPM
Construction Co. for bicycle improvements on five corridors citywide.
The downtown bikeway project is fully funded by the
voter-approved Neighborhood Safety, Connectivity and Congestion Levy. Like
other levy-funded bicycle projects, it’s moving from planning to design to
construction in one year. The citywide bicycle improvement project is 90 percent
funded through the levy. In 2018, the city aims to open 19 miles of new bike
lanes.
