Contract approved for Alta Vista Drive guardrail replacement

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized a construction contract which will include replacing a guardrail along Alta Vista Drive.

The supervisors’ 4-0 vote, June 5, with Greg Cox at the National Association of Counties conference, authorized the advertisement for bid and subsequent award of a construction contract to replace existing guardrails and provide end treatments throughout the unincorporated portion of the county. The bid package is structured with a base bid consisting of the minimum number of locations and a group of additive alternatives, or locations which can be added to the contract should funding permit. The Alta Vista Drive guardrail 400 feet west of Greenhill Drive is on the base bid list.

“I’m happy to report that we are maintaining guardrails along our roads to enhance driver safety in the county,” Supervisor Jim Desmond said.

Each year the county’s Department of Public Works repairs, installs and replaces guardrails and end sections along roads where guardrails have been damaged or where DPW has determined the greatest need to upgrade existing guardrails to current design standards. The base list has five locations while two locations are on the additive alternative list. The contractor will replace the existing railing and provide end treatments for the 100-foot Alta Vista Drive guardrail.

A prior year balance in the county’s Road Fund will provide the $300,000 to cover the estimated costs including contingency to replace the guardrails.

The design for the guardrail replacements is complete. During the construction period traffic control measures will be in place to limit impacts to travelers and the community, and before the construction work road signs will notify the public of the location and the approximate dates of the work. The construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2019 and be complete by the end of calendar year 2019.