The details
Council awarded a $1.1 million contract to Muniz Construction for the Dalhart and Portsmouth Drive Waterline Replacement Project.
The project will consist of replacing existing waterline and asphalt overlay along Dalhart Drive, east of Cottonwood Park and between Dublin Drive and Dover Drive. Additionally, the project will replace aging waterline equipment on Portsmouth Drive.
Funding is from Water/Sewer Fund and Street Rehab Fund. Construction is expected to start in January 2025, and be completed in June 2025.
Also of note
A contract was also awarded to Urban Infraconstruction for just under $3.2 million for phase II of the construction on Main Street, the section on Greenville Avenue to Abrams Road.
Phase I of the Main Street reconstruction project consisted of infrastructure and aesthetic improvements from Sherman Street to Greenville Avenue and was completed in January 2022. Phase II will extend these improvements from Greenville Avenue to Abrams Road and includes Main Street, with paving, water, sewer, storm drainage laterals and inlets replacement and barrier-free ramps at the intersections. It also includes planting trees, hardscaping and streetlights.
Funding is from the Tax Increment Financing Funds and Dallas County grant funding. Construction is expected to start in December 2024, and be complete in Summer 2025.
What else?
Other contracts awarded during the meeting include:
- Advantage Trailer in the amount of $64,000 to build a communication trailer
- Axon Enterprise for $4.4 million to provide the Richardson Police Department with necessary law enforcement evidentiary software and hardware and less-lethal weapons
- GTS Technology Solutions for $51,756 to replace batteries in the Fire Training Center and Emergency Management protection system
