The City Council of Cathedral City approved the construction contracts to Granite Construction Company in the amount of $4,668,436 for the construction of the Date Palm Drive Pavement Rehabilitation Project and $970,221 to fund roadway Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) throughout Cathedral City at the regular meeting on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
Date Palm Rehabilitation Project
Date Palm Drive is a primary economic corridor for Cathedral City and serves as the City’s only north/south truck route. It interconnects with major arterials passing through adjacent jurisdictions, connects to I-10 and East Palm Canyon Drive. The Date Palm Drive corridor is identified as essential roadway to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) community and is placed on the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) which allocates funding for roadway improvements.
In the past years the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) has entered agreements with the City to participate in funding of roadways providing access within and leading to Reservation lands. These roadways are important to the ACBCI because they serve the entire ACBCI community. As these roads are identified, these roads are placed into the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) to provide the necessary roadway improvements funding.
In August 2019, an Intergovernmental Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and the ACBCI established the use of TTP funds for the design, construction, and maintenance of public roads classified as Tribal Reservation Roads. Under the MOU, the Tribe will provide up to $5 million over a 10 year-period toward road construction projects. Date Palm Drive is classified as a Tribal Reservation Road and therefore, the Project eligible for this TPP funding.
The construction contract along Date Palm Drive includes the one (1) mile road segment between Ramon Road and Dinah Shore Drive and the Intersection of Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue. Work will include new asphalt pavement; curb gutter and sidewalks repairs; reconstruction of non-compliant ADA corner curb ramps, striping and signage; and the construction of concrete approach lanes at signalized intersections.
City Wide Repaving Projects
- East Palm Canyon Pavement Rehabilitation – The project consists of the rehabilitation of pavement, signing and striping along East Palm Canyon Drive from Perez Road to Auto Park Drive.
- Da Vall Street Improvements – The scope of this project is to reconstruct the pavement on Da Vall Drive from Ramon Road to approximately 1,500 feet south of the intersection and reconstruct four curb ramps, to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
- San Eljay Pavement Rehabilitation –The scope of this project is to reconstruct the pavement on San Eljay Avenue from McCallum Way to Ramon Road.
All work will be performed within the existing City right-of-way. Construction is scheduled to begin in August 2023 and will be completed by November 2023.
Landau Boulevard/McCallum Way Intersection Improvements Project
The City Council of Cathedral City approved the construction contract to DBX Inc. in the amount of $1,021,888.50 for the construction of the Landau Boulevard/McCallum Way Intersection Improvements Project at the regular meeting on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
The Landau Boulevard/McCallum Way Intersection Improvements Project proposes to modify this intersection into a complete signalized intersection and improve existing pavement conditions.
The construction scope of work consists of the construction of concrete approach lanes, installation of asphalt concrete pavement, construction of updated ADA corner curb ramps, pavement striping and markings, traffic signage, and the installation of a new traffic signal.
All work will be performed within the existing City right-of-way. Construction is scheduled to begin in August 2023 and will be completed within the first quarter of 2024.
